The cost of waste of consumable materials in a surgical center
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-opera...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2013-12-01
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Series: | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692013000601228&lng=en&tlng=en |