The user's guide: a key to enhanced communication.
A strong materials management department will be essential for hospitals if hospitals are to survive the challenges of today. Communication with the department's customers is a key to a strong effective department. In this article, the author outlines the components of a user's guide to be distributed to other departments from materials management. This user's guide enhances the understanding by other departments of materials management's role, function, and policies.
D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012380:Role; D014481:United States