Each unit has a supply cart or room designated for items used in the delivery of patient care.
All supplies are either billable to the unit or billable to the patient.
When an item is taken from the supply cart, the sticker is removed and placed on the patient's charge card contained in a kardex file located either on the supply cart, posted on the patient's door, or at the patient's bedside area. The patient's charge card is replaced every 24 hours. Materials Management personnel retrieve the cards from the nursing unit daily to process billing. To obtain a patient billable item or non billable item not on the supply cart, call Materials Management Hospital Operations Storeroom, ext. When requesting the item, state your name, unit, description of the item, quantity needed, and whether it is a STAT or regular request.