Appraising your suture distribution system.
Devoting study to a minute part of its supply system has paid off in big dividends for Hutchison Hospital, an acute care hospital in central Kansas with 230 beds and an occupancy rate of 71%. In this article the author explains why other hospitals may find it profitable to take a close look at their suture distribution systems.
D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006750:Hospital Distribution Systems / Q000191:economics*; D007615:Kansas; D013537:Sutures / Q000600:supply & distribution*