MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND HOSPITAL COSTS IN NEONATAL ICU

Authors

  • Lauren Auer Lopes
  • Ana Maria Dyniewicz
  • Luísa Canestraro Kalinowski

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v15i2.17862

Keywords:

Custos hospitalares, Armazenamento de materiais e provisões, Recursos materiais em saúde, Hospital costs, Storage of materials and supplies, Material resources in health.

Abstract

This study aimed to quantify and qualify the improper use of consumables in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unitof a university hospital in Curitiba / PR. Non-participant observation was conducted in the unit during the period of March17 to April 2, 2009, on all shifts, totaling 100 hours. The results revealed the improper use of consumables, the use of lowquality materials, irrational use, and improvisation, as well as failures in handling the materials by professionals. Thesurvey showed the volume and value of improper spending in the unit, with some highlights for peripheral venouscatheters, gauzes, nasogastric tubes, ampoules of glucose, oximeters cables, among others. It is suggested that the unitmust improve the management of materials and hospital costs through auditing, critically and consciously about therational use of materials.

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Published

2010-06-30

How to Cite

Lopes, L. A., Dyniewicz, A. M., & Kalinowski, L. C. (2010). MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND HOSPITAL COSTS IN NEONATAL ICU. Cogitare Enfermagem, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v15i2.17862

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2010)

Section

Research

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