Health Facilities Note 29 Materials management (supply, storage and distribution) in healthcare facilities (Archived historic document - relevant to time of production)

Publication Year

1998

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Identifies the processes for purchasing, receipt, storage and distribution of hospital supplies - collectively called 'materials management'. It outlines processes for evaluating manual and automated materials distribution systems, including life cycle costing, to determine which system provides the best economic advantage.

Document History

Archived publications are still available but should be used in the context that practice may have moved on or new technology emerged since their production. Some of these documents may not have been superseded or replaced due to their content not being healthcare specific. Documents marked historic are relevant to the time they were produced, such as case studies and may not be updated or superseded in the future. The Health Facilities Notes (HFN) series has been discontinued. Individual titles have been subsumed under their relevant sections in the NHS catalogue but existing HFN numbers are still noted. HFNs will continue to be listed under this series name in TCIS.

ISBN

9780113221646

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