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INTRODUCTION • The material management in the health care system is concerned with providing the drugs, supplies and equipment needed by health personnel to deliver health services. • About 40 percent of the funds in the health care system are used up for providing materials. • It is of great importance that materials of right quality are supplied to the consumers DEFINITION OF MATERIAL • Webster defines the word “materials” as “relating to the production & distribution of economics, goods & social relationships of owners & labourers”. • Housely states, “materials” should be used universally to refer to hospital supplies & equipments. • “Materials” thus may be defined as “equipment, apparatus & supplies procured, stocked & utilised by an organisation” TYPES OF MATERIALS • DRUGS & MEDICINES- Including anaesthetic agents, vaccines & drugs required for specific purposes. • SUPPLIES- Required for diagnosing & treating ailments such as cotton, bandages, gauze, dressing materials, syringes, needles, forceps, splints, plasters, trays, bottles, linen, utensils, various chemicals & reagents/ ready kits for investigations, x-ray plates, radiodiagnostic materials, drugs used in radiology. • Supplies may also include items of linen like drawsheets, bed cover, mattress, pillows, masks, aprons, surgical gowns, gloves, etc. or soaps, detergents, antiseptics, broom, candles, match boxes, needles, stationary items, slippers for OT, etc. TYPES OF MATERIALS contd.. • EQUIPMENTS & INSTRUMENTS- Office furniture, refrigerators, AC, trolley, tables, screen, examination tables, IV stands, bedside lockers, sterilizers, X-ray machines, ABG analyzers, pulse oximeter, defibrillators, cardiac monitor, endoscope, oxygen & nitrous gas cylinders, washing machines, incinerators, etc. • FACILITIES- Include non movable materials used for long time compared to equipments which have limited life span e.g. buildings, toilets, lifts, water tanks, pumps, kitchen, cooking facilities telephone, etc. MANAGEMENT • “Management may be defined as the art of securing maximum results with a minimum of efforts so as to secure maximum prosperity and happiness for both employer and employee and give the public the best possible service”. John Mee
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