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Generalized Needs and Requirements: Hospital Needs
(2) Disposable (consumed) Items
(a) Food
(1) Delivery. Delivered by heated or unheated cart or by tray
conveyor.
(2) Clean storage. No clean storage, except when a system
of precooked food and a microwave reheat system on
each unit is used. This requires refrigerated storage.
(3) Soiled storage. Usually no soiled storage; trays are
picked up on a cart for immediate transfer to the dietary
area.
(b) Drugs
(1) Delivery. Usually delivered by cart, tote box or
dumbwaiter; normally, each 24 hours. Specially
requested drugs are carried by hand or delivered by tote
box, dumbwaiter, pneumatic tube or, recently, by
monorail.
(2) Clean storage. Stored in a central area or in nurse
servers (on patient units).
(3) Soiled storage. Unused drugs are returned after patient
discharge by one of the above mentioned means.
(c) Medical supplies. See a (2), (b) above.
(d) Administrative supplies
(1) Delivery. Usually delivered on a request basis by hand,
tote box, dumbwaiter, pneumatic tube or, recently, by
monorail.
(2) Storage. Stored in various administrative areas on
shelving or in drawers.
(3) Disposal. In waste containers for periodic pick up.
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