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Optimization of hospital sterilization costs proposing new grouping choices of medical devices into packages

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  • Reymondon, Francis
  • Pellet, Bertrand
  • Marcon, Eric

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In the current context of hospital grouping, resources' sharing is a highly interesting strategy for cost saving. Works presented in this paper are focused on a specific type of material resource, sterile reusable medical devices (RMD). Sterility is obtained through a regulated process, performed within hospital central sterilization service and preservation of this sterile state is ensured by a packaging. This article proposes a methodology enabling new grouping choices of RMD into packages. It exploits an innovative sharing strategy, with the final goal to optimize the objective function corresponding to process and storage costs of the sterilization activity.

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  • Reymondon, Francis & Pellet, Bertrand & Marcon, Eric, 2008. "Optimization of hospital sterilization costs proposing new grouping choices of medical devices into packages," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 112(1), pages 326-335, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:proeco:v:112:y:2008:i:1:p:326-335
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    1. Markus Krohn & Josefine Fengler & Thomas Mickley & Steffen Flessa, 2019. "Analysis of processes and costs of alternative packaging options of sterile goods in hospitals – a case study in two German hospitals," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 9(1), pages 1-17, December.
    2. Adam Diamant & Joseph Milner & Fayez Quereshy & Bo Xu, 2018. "Inventory management of reusable surgical supplies," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 439-459, September.
    3. Amogh Bhosekar & Sandra Ekşioğlu & Tuğçe Işık & Robert Allen, 2023. "A discrete event simulation model for coordinating inventory management and material handling in hospitals," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 320(2), pages 603-630, January.
    4. Ehsan Ahmadi & Dale T. Masel & Seth Hostetler, 2023. "A Data-Driven Decision-Making Model for Configuring Surgical Trays Based on the Likelihood of Instrument Usages," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-26, May.
    5. Brecht Cardoen & Jeroen Beliën & Mario Vanhoucke, 2015. "On the design of custom packs: grouping of medical disposable items for surgeries," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(24), pages 7343-7359, December.
    6. Dollevoet, Twan & van Essen, J. Theresia & Glorie, Kristiaan M., 2018. "Solution methods for the tray optimization problem," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 271(3), pages 1070-1084.
    7. Gerald Oeser & Pietro Romano, 2021. "Exploring risk pooling in hospitals to reduce demand and lead time uncertainty," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 78-94, June.
    8. Dollevoet, T.A.B. & van Essen, J.T. & Glorie, K.M., 2017. "Solution methods for the tray optimization problem," Econometric Institute Research Papers EI2017-16, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Econometric Institute.

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