Health Care

Hospital Central Supply

Hospital department responsible for receiving, storing, and distributing medical and surgical supplies and equipment.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Hospital department responsible for receiving, storing, and distributing medical and surgical supplies and equipment.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Central Supply, Hospital
  • Hospital Central Supplies
  • Supplies, Hospital Central
  • Supply, Hospital Central
  • Central Supplies, Hospital

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL SERVICES

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History Note

78; was HOSPITAL CENTRAL SUPPLY 1968-77

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. N02.278w.216.500.968w.260
  2. N04w.452.442.452.422w.260

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NLM Classification

WX 165

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Central Supply. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002495. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002495
  2. Hospital Central Supply. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70477228