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A method for integration of the institutional supply chain for
medical products utilizing a nested bill of materials on a care
event level of a clinical pathway for one or more medical procedures.
The medical supplies appropriate for use in a care event are expressed
as a bill of materials. Each item of medical supply is assigned
a unique identifier which includes at least identification of the
item itself, identification of the supplier of the item, and identification
of the care event with which the item is to be used. Portions of
the supplies are provided by multiple vendors to a unitized container
sequencing center where the supplies are bundled by care events
and packed into a unitized container. This container is then shipped
to a customer or distributor for further shipment to a customer.
A dispensing apparatus for controlled dispensing of pharmaceutical
and medical supplies which includes a cabinet having a plurality
of drawers, the drawers each have a plurality of receptacles, with
each receptacle sized to hold one item, and having a lid movable
between a closed position and an open position. Selectively actuatable
locks are provided for releasably maintaining the lid in the closed
position, the locks include an electrically responsive actuator
wire connected to the locks and causing movement of the locks in
response to an electrical current supplied to the electrically responsive
actuator wire. A processor is in communication with the selectively
actuatable lock and configured to send a signal to the electrically
responsive actuator wire to unlock the lid.
A method of supplying health care workers with disposable supplies
appropriate for a single patient visit determines a requirement
for disposable medical supplies for a patient during an associated
single visit by a health care worker. An accounting code is recorded
in an accounting database, the code corresponds to the disposable
supplies determined to be associated with the visit. The disposable
supplies are placed in a disposable container, which is delivered
a first site whereat a patient is to receive treatment, prior to
the visit by the health care worker. The container is subsequently
delivered to a second site for disposal after the visit. Movement
of the disposable container is recorded in a computer database when
the disposable container is delivered to the first site and to the
second site. A package for use by a health care worker in performing
health care services comprises a disposable container adapted to
receive disposable supplies required by the health care worker for
a single visit to a patient. Means are disposed on the outside of
said container for identifying the container so that it is trackable
by an inventory tracking system. Means are also disposed on the
outside of the container for indicating an address to which the
container is to be delivered. Means are provided for sealing the
container after use so that any material disposed therein cannot
be accessed without breaking a seal, and for covering the address
means once the container is sealed.
A method for integration of the institutional supply chain for
medical products utilizing a nested bill of materials on a care
event level of a clinical pathway for one or more medical procedures.
The medical supplies appropriate for use in a care event are expressed
as a bill of materials. Each item of medical supply is assigned
a unique identifier which includes at least identification of the
item itself, identification of the supplier of the item, and identification
of the care event with which the item is to be used. At a first
location a portion of the supplies are unitized and containerized.
This subassembly is transported to a second and remote location
where further of the supplies are unitized and containerized, using
the same container. Thereafter the unitized and containerized supplies
are transported to the end user thereof.
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