Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Medical supplies"”.
-
VAT on medical supplies in South Africa: A critical analysis of whether the VATCOM's argument to standard rate medical supplies in 1991 still holds true
… whether the existing VAT consequences on medical care services (and goods) is still relevant and valid given the developments within the South African economy since 1991, when VAT was first introduced in South Africa. Furthermore, this paper seeks to identify alternative VAT consequences …
-
Product development of a device for manufacturing medical equipment for use in low-resource settings
… design of a device that can be used to create medical supplies on-site in clinics in low-resource settings. The machine uses purely mechanical elements to cut and fold cardstock paper in order to fabricate aerosol masks for the treatment of asthma. The devices will be mass manufactured by …
-
Supply Chain Resilience for Healthcare Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the Federal Government
… global supply chains. Before COVID-19, low-cost medical supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE), which typically requires less skilled labor, had been produced in China and Malaysia and imported to the United States. However, COVID-19 created an overwhelming shortage in medical …
-
Prepositioning for flooding in the Sacramento region
… resources to provide basic food, water, medical supplies, and shelter in potentially affected areas. As part of that planning, every year CAL EMA conducts a full-scale exercise called "Golden Guardian" [CAL EMA 2011]. During the exercise, CAL EMA devises a plan for a disaster evacuation …
-
Tailored hospital supply chain for greater return on investment
… suits and also by the increase in the cost of medical supplies (26 percent increase from 2000 to 2002). Though the Automated Point of Use (APU) technology and the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) are helping hospitals reduce supply chain costs, this research seeks to understand whether the …
-
Improving a Low-Cost Intravenous Infusion Flow Rate Monitoring Device for Paediatric Care in Humanitarian Healthcare Settings
… in humanitarian settings with shortages of medical supplies and personnel, and monitoring being reliant on manual counting or mechanical clamps without safeguards. This particularly poses risks to the health outcomes of paediatric patients. This work builds upon the previous development of a …
-
Managing growth of a non-profit healthcare supply chain in Haiti
… uses historical consumption data of drugs and medical supplies to forecast demand over the next three years. This demand data is then be used as input to run and compare the existing annual order policy with ordering policies with more frequent reviews. These inventory policies are then …
-
Pandemic panic : a network-based approach to predicting social response during a disease outbreak
… variety of behaviors from anxiety to hoarding of medical supplies, overwhelming medical infrastructure and rioting. We developed a coupled network approach to understanding and predicting social response to disease spread. We couple the disease spread and panic spread processes and model them …
-
Building a state or saving lives? : the processes, motives and politics behind the reconstruction of Afghanistan's health system
… clinics, the training of doctors, and adequate medical supplies, for instance. In the stage of policy formulation for the reconstruction of Afghanistan's health system, there was in fact a dynamic, political process. The specific form of health reconstruction being implemented in Afghanistan was …
-
Model of medical supply demand and astronaut health for long-duration human space flight
The medical care of space crews is the primary limiting factor in the achievement of long-duration space missions. (Nicogossian 2003) The goal of this thesis was to develop a model of long-duration human space flight astronaut health and a medical supply demand model in support of such missions. …
-
Type I diabetes and insulin omission : an in-depth look
… eating behavior. Previous research supports medical providers and patients lack of comfort in discussing insulin omission. This study was designed to answer two questions. Why do young adult college students with type I diabetes omit insulin? and what factors facilitate and act as barriers to …
-
An Assessment Of The Contribution Of Prime Vendor Model On Availability Of Essential Medicines In Tanzania
… availability of essential medicines and medical supplies through private-public mix system. Specific objectives were centered on the contribution of Prime Vendor model in curbing drug stock outs at the health facilities, finding out the number of orders fulfilled at the health facilities …
-
Factors associated with Co-trimoxazole table inventory control-Assessment of primary health facilities in Lusaka Zambia
… accountability failures in the supply chain for medical supplies. There have been reports of thefts, with no counter claims of losses, which could be inferred that facilities were not able to detect it due to failures in the accountability system or that there is rampant theft in the health …
-
Assessment of the Challenges Behind the Ineffective Customs Clearance of Goods at Sea Port
… Clearance of Goods at Sea Port a case study of Medical Stores Dar Es Salaam. Most of the drugs and medical supplies are procured by MSD from oversea suppliers through international tenders as per threshold set by PPA, 2004. All imported goods are subject to customs clearance at the port of entry …
-
The role of the National Health insurance scheme in shaping equity of access to healthcare in Ghana
… providers and the availability of medicines and medical supplies, it adversely impacted on the general quality of healthcare services mainly because the supply of healthcare resources failed to keep up with a high demand for healthcare services by insured members. Fourthly, the NHIS also improved …
-
Health Provision in Tshitshi, Zimbabwe: A Focus on Sexual and Reproductive Health
… such as money, water, energy, food, and medical care has meant that a once-desirable system has become dysfunctional and is too incapacitated to meet the needs of the public. The population has been reduced to paupers and forced to adopt informal survival strategies to access services …
-
A Qualitative Exploration of Self-Care Behaviors for Disease and Symptom Management Among College Students with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
… in self-care maintenance through carrying supplies, inserting consumed carbohydrates into their medical device, checking blood glucose, administering insulin, and engaging in physical activity. Self-care monitoring behaviors included recording and tracking changes to their blood glucose. …
-
Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP): A solution to institutional challenges in Zambia’s Medical Supply Chain or another technical solution?
… procurement challenges [for essential drugs and medical supplies] in the Ministry of Health (MoH). A brain child of the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA), the e-GP is but one of the components of the wider procurement reform agenda. The e-GP was introduced with the intention of enhancing …
-
De-wrinkling of cellulosic barrier materials coated on paper during scale-up on a roll-to-roll system
… of diverse consumer goods, including food, medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and textiles. With the growing emphasis on sustainability and the demand for renewable resources, paper has gained prominence due to its low environmental impact and cost-effectiveness in …
-
A Patient Risk Minimization Model for Post-Disaster Medical Delivery Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems
… to develop a novel routing model for delivery of medical supplies using unmanned aircraft systems, improving existing vehicle routing models by using patient risk as the primary minimization variable.</p> <p>The vehicle routing problem is a subset of operational research that utilizes mathematical …
Page 1 of 2