Medical consumable requisition duiring “Mission Harmony” overseas medical services on hospital ship: Analysis and thinking on the characteristics / 第二军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the characteristics of “Mission Harmony” overseas medical services and medical consumable requisitions, so as to provide reasonable and scientific advice for preparing future “Mission Harmony”overseas medical consumables and to scientifically and reasonably design the proportions of the medical consumable for each department. Methods A retrospective analysis was made on the person times of medical services, medical consumable requisitions and distribution proportion of medical consumable for each department based on “Mission Harmony-2017” overseas medical services in eight countries and “Mission Harmony-2018” overseas medical services at 18 service sites in 10 countries. Results A total of 110 983 patients received diagnosis and treatment, 587 patients received surgical treatment, and 454 patients were hospitalized during the two missions. Department deployment before departure of the hospital ship was the peak period of medical consumable requisitions (43.80%, 241 543/551 510). The basic medical consumables were mainly applied during the overseas medical services (49.72%, 274 225/551 510). Specialized medical consumables were mainly applied during the department deployment period (11.43%, 63 046/551 510). The medical consumables were mainly applied by the General Department of the Outpatient Department (42.39%, 233 811/551 510), Operation Room (22.99%, 126 784/551 510), and the Ward (9.67%, 53 319/551 510), while Imaging Department was the main auxiliary department to apply (4.19%, 23 085/551 510). During the periods of department deployment and overseas medical services, there were significant differences in basic medical consumables and specialized medical consumables in the General Department, Stomatology Department, Ophthalmology Department, Gynecology Department, Laboratory Department, Special Examination Room, Imaging Department, Sterilization and Supply Department, Operation Room, Ward, and others (all P<0.01). During the department deployment period, the General Department, Gynecology Department, Laboratory Department, Special Examination Room, Operation Room, Ward, and others mainly applied for basic medical consumables, while Stomatology Department, Ophthalmology Department, Imaging Department and Sterilization and Supply Department mainly applied for specialized medical consumables. During the period of overseas medical services, the General Department, Stomatology Department, Ophthalmology Department, Gynecology Department, Laboratory Department, Special Examination Room, Sterilization and Supply department, Operation Room, Ward, and others mainly applied for basic medical consumables, while the Imaging Department mainly applied for specialized medical consumables. Conclusion Different departments have different requisitions on medical consumables at different task stages. It is necessary to strengthen the management of consumables and improve the pertinence of requisition and distribution of consumables. The consumption and distribution proportions of medical consumables in each department can provide reference for the preparation, requisition and distribution for future tasks.