ReviewHealth systems (Basingstoke, England)2019
Inventory management of surgical supplies and sterile instruments in hospitals: a literature review.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Operating Room Performance Optimization Metrics: a Systematic Review.Journal of medical systems · 2023Pooled it
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- Integrating a Fragmented Pharmacy Network into a Unified Supply Chain System: A Case Study from Qatar's Primary Healthcare.Journal of healthcare leadership · 2026Article
- Cost and Efficiency of Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy: Endoscopy Suite Versus Outpatient Surgery Center.The Laryngoscope · 2025Article
- Data-Driven Strategies in Orthopaedics: Optimizing Surgical Precision and Patient Outcomes.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2025Review
- Use of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Instrument Recognition.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Do we have that nail on shelf? Comparing the financial burden of stocking an orthopaedic theatre: intramedullary nails versus innovative locking rods for femoral and tibial shaft fractures.Orthopedic reviews · 2025Article
- A simple and practical approach to improving the cost effectiveness of surgical inventory management.Health systems (Basingstoke, England) · 2025Article
- Surgical instrument tray optimization process at a university hospital: A comprehensive overview.Surgery open science · 2024Article
- The accuracy of preoperative implant size prediction achieved by digital templating in total knee arthroplasty is not affected by the quality of lateral knee radiographs.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Augmented Reality (AR) in Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2024Article
- Budget Impact Analysis of Minimally Invasive versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Degenerative Disease: A European Hospital Perspective.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2024Article
- Procurement process and shortages of essential medicines in public health facilities: A qualitative study from Nepal.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Outsourcing the Management of Reusable Medical Devices in a Chain-Wide Care Setting: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.Interactive journal of medical research · 2023Article
- Optimizing spine surgery instrument trays to immediately increase efficiency and reduce costs in the operating room.North American Spine Society journal · 2023Article
- Mind the gap: a review of optimisation in mental healthcare service delivery.Health systems (Basingstoke, England) · 2023Review
- Addressing Surgical Instrument Oversupply: A Focused Literature Review and Case-Study in Orthopedic Hand Surgery.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Review
- Development of a "Scissor-Tip-Separator" for adjustment of scissor blade separation and prevention of scissor blade damage during steam sterilization.Patient safety in surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
Operating rooms are considered a significant revenue source, as well as the main source of waste and cost, among the hospital's departments. Any cost savings in operating rooms will have a broad financial impact. Over the last decades, many researchers and practitioners have conducted studies to deal with the issue of managing surgical supplies and instruments, which are highly affected by surgeons' preferences. The purpose of this article is to present an up-to-date review of research in the field of inventory management of surgical supplies and instruments. We have analysed the literature in a systematic manner and organised the identified papers into two groups: the papers that were published by scientific researchers and developed optimisation techniques and the papers that were published by practitioners and reported their observations of the current issues in the operating room. We also identify the future research directions leading to operating room inventory cost reduction.
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