Modelo de gestão de estoque de medicamentos em uma organização de saúde em Salvador: estudo de caso

Abstract

Health organizations are also starting to focus attention on the administration of materials, aiming to minimize costs resulting from unnecessary acquisitions or Insufficient supplies of medicines and other materials that cause financial damage to the institution, and do not add any benefit to the treatment of patients. Using the Inventory management techniques it is possible to achieve this goal. This work is a study of case of inventory management in an oncology clinic in Salvador and intends to help the stock manager in decision making by presenting techniques that are essential to the exercise of its powers. The methodology adopted to carry out the work was interviews with managers, research on institution documents and publications scientific. The methods that will be presented will help the stock manager to visualize the problem and make decisions that can reduce the costs involved in the lack and/or in the excess of materials in the stocks, as well as their eventual losses due to obsolescence or perishability, which would harm productivity, customer service and the financial return of the organization.