Standardization of laparoscopic trays using an inventory optimization model to produce immediate cost savings and efficiency gains.

Perioperative services comprise a large portion of hospital budgets; the procurement and processing of surgical inventories can be an area for optimization in operational inefficiency. Surgical instrument trays can be customized as procedure-specific or standardized as trays that can be used in nume...

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Main Authors: Jay Toor, Ajay Shah, Aazad Abbas, Jin Tong Du, Erin Kennedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276377