Every area has its own logistics reality.
Operating theatre
Material must be ready before each procedure starts. Implants and consignment items must be traced to the patient, under time pressure and without slowing the team down.
What changes- Material is ready before each procedure starts
- Implants and consignment items are traced to the patient
- The team works without added steps
Hospitalisation units
Nurses check stock, request urgent items and borrow from other units. Each storeroom keeps a little extra just in case, and nobody sees the whole picture.
What changes- Each storeroom holds what the unit needs
- Replenishment arrives before something runs out
- Nurses spend less time on stock
Operating theatre
Material must be ready before each procedure starts. Implants and consignment items must be traced to the patient, under time pressure and without slowing the team down.
What changes- Material is ready before each procedure starts
- Implants and consignment items are traced to the patient
- The team works without added steps
Interventional rooms
Cath labs and interventional radiology use high-value devices with many references, often on consignment from several suppliers. Reconciling what was used and what must be invoiced takes time.
What changes- Every high-value device is identified
- What was used and what must be invoiced match
- UDI is recorded where the device is used
Pharmacy
Pharmacy shares storage, ordering and traceability needs with logistics, under its own regulation. When circuits are not coordinated, work is duplicated and visibility is lost.
What changes- Pharmacy and logistics work from the same information
- Traceability where the product requires it
- Shared indicators for joint decisions
Management and purchasing
Decisions on purchasing, stock and cost are made with data spread across several systems, often late and hard to compare between units.
What changes- One shared view of logistics indicators
- Consumption and cost by unit and by procedure
- Comparison between units to find improvement
Central warehouse
Orders arrive from dozens of units with different criteria. The warehouse prepares what is requested, not what is consumed, and has little visibility of the stock already held in the units.
What changes- Distribution follows what the units actually use
- Each unit knows the service it can expect
- Stock is visible from the warehouse to the point of use
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