Outdates. A case study.
In this article, the author describes how her CS department eliminated costly and time-consuming outdates by assessing, in their own facilities, the sterility of properly packaged items over a one-year period. As her conclusions illustrate, one year color-coded expiration dating saves more than money alone--it promotes a more efficient utilization of manpower and facilitates stock rotation.
D002495:Central Supply, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D003116:Color; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D007196:Indiana; D013242:Sterilization