The rise of inventory management in operating theatre departments
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Journal of Perioperative Practice
|January 13, 2018
Abstract:
The procurement and inventory management challenges within our healthcare sector have been the subject of debate for some time, but with new government initiatives recently introduced, procurement and inventory management have become the new areas of focus behind muchneeded change within the NHS back-office.
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