The cost of waste of consumable materials in a surgical center
| Autor: | Liliana Cristina de Castro, Valeria Castilho |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, Vol 21, Iss 6, Pp 1228-1234 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1518-8345 0104-1169 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0104-1169.2920.2358 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: to identify the types, quantities and cost of the consumable materials sent, used, returned unopened and wasted in surgical operations; to classify the incidences of waste as avoidable or unavoidable losses, and to calculate the rate of waste of the consumable materials in the peri-operative period in the Surgical Center of a São Paulo university hospital. METHOD: a descriptive-exploratory case study with a quantitative approach. The convenience sample corresponded to 105 types of consumable materials sent for the 275 operations observed between February and May 2011. RESULTS: the items wasted most were surgical sutures, surgical cotton sutures, and gauze compresses. The total cost of the waste was R$ 709.84. The mean percentage of waste in the sample was 9.34%, of which 1.23% was avoidable and 8.14% unavoidable. CONCLUSION: the study evidenced that the effective management of material resources reduces the costs of the processes, and reduces waste. |
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