Health Care

Hospital Materials Management

The management of all procurement, distribution, and storage of equipment and supplies, as well as logistics management including laundry, processing of reusables, etc.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The management of all procurement, distribution, and storage of equipment and supplies, as well as logistics management including laundry, processing of reusables, etc.

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Synonyms

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  • Management, Hospital Material
  • Management, Hospital Materials
  • Materials Management, Hospital
  • Hospital Material Management
  • Hospital Material Managements
  • Managements, Hospital Material
  • Material Management, Hospital
  • Material Managements, Hospital
  • Storeroom
  • Storerooms

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

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History Note

78; was HOSPITAL MATERIALS MANAGEMENT see under HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION 1976-77

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  1. N02.278w.216.500.999
  2. N04w.452.442.452.650

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NLM Classification

WX 147

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Materials Management. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008421. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008421
  2. Hospital Materials Management. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70349924