Keeping stocked is PAR for the course: automated resupply methods must be flexible for effectiveness.(BACK TALK)

From: Healthcare Purchasing News | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Kaczmarek, David | Copyright information

Virtually all hospitals now use some form of automated resupply for at least their nursing units. And whether they use open shelves, closed automated cabinets, exchange carts or some other variation, they all use a PAR (periodic automatic replenishment) method to keep the units stocked. This has proven to be a most cost effective way to provide the clinicians with the supplies they need.

But setting up PARs does not insure a cost-effective system. To remain cost effectiv...

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