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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Main Authors: Liliana Cristina de Castro, Valeria Castilho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-12-01
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