"Stockless" cost reduction in the operating room |
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Authors: | Kerr M Johnson B Martin C Hanna B Swanson D Deutsch M |
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Affiliation: | St.-Paul Ramsey Medical Center, MN. |
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Abstract: | St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center in St. Paul, MN became one of the first hospitals in the United States to initiate a "stockless" par level inventory system. Successes with stockless led the hospital to look at implementing it in the OR to achieve a reduction of expense to revenue. Materiel Management and Surgical Services discussed a number of issues relevant to implementing a stockless program, including product flow, accuracy and cost of case carts and preference cards, item pricing, committed usage of items brought into the system and establishment of a steering committee. Specific OR issues and practices required evaluation and adjustment, such as the routine use of emergency direct ordering. Information systems support was brought in and a products committee established to do education and oversee the program. Savings for 1993-94 were $185,146. |
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