Based on the value of medical consumables, medical consumables are often divided into high-value medical consumables, low-value medical consumables, test reagents, hazardous chemicals, etc.
At present, in the proportion of expenditure of public hospitals in my country, in addition to drugs being the primary expenditure, the second is medical consumables. The cost of medical consumables accounts for about 15% of the cost of medical business, and is an important part of the medical expenses of public hospitals.
The medical consumables of hospitals have the characteristics of many types, high professionalism, complex specifications, and large usage, and play a vital role in diagnosis and treatment activities.
Medical consumables management refers to the unified management of medical consumables by the hospital consumables management department, from budgeting, procurement, use, disposal, and supervision of the whole process.