Techniques in the Storage of Medical Material
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Army/Medical Field Service School
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.
Format: Training Textbook; Hardcover
Number of pages: 390
Description: This is a Medical Field Service School manual used for training medical personnel (logistics officers, physicians, nursing personnel and administrators) in the precise procedures and methods for handling large-scale medical supplies. Included are U.S. Military specifications for materials transportation, movement, warehousing and associated logistical support for perishables and nonperishable’s. Specific attention is directed toward medical logistics in the Viet Nam theatre of military operations.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1/Introduction to Medical Material/11; title: Chapter 2/The Need for Storage Logistics/25; title: Chapter 3/The Storage Location System - Part 1/33; title: Chapter 3/The Storage Location System - Part 2/57; title: Chapter 4/Movement of Medical Material/73; title: Chapter 5/Handling Hazardous Material/95; title: Chapter 6/Acids, Flammables, Biologicals/111; title: Chapter 7/Storage of Whole Blood/132; title: Chapter 8/Transportation of Medical Material/151; title: Chapter 9/Refrigerated Storage/201; title: Chapter 10/Materials Handling Equipment/239; title: Chapter 11/Warehousing - Part 1/263; title: Chapter 12/Warehousing - Part 2/287; title: Chapter 13/Materials Management/305; title: Chapter 14/The Future of Materials Management 321