Intravenous fluid delivery time improvement: application of cross-docking system.
Purpose: The cost of pharmaceutical supply chain due to drug waste is one of the current major issues in health care. Drug waste associated with intravenous (IV) fluid form of medication is one of the crucial issues for many pharmacies. The purpose of this paper is to apply a cross-docking model to...
| Published in: | International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (09526862) Vol. 31; no. 8; pp. 1070 - 1082 |
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Emerald Publishing Limited
2018
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