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Inventory management.

Abstract

Inventories must be managed if the radiology manager is to maintain an efficient budget. As pressures to reduce expenditures and streamline budgets in the health care industry continue, an efficiently managed budget no longer remains an option. Technologists must pay close attention to inappropriate uses of inventory items so that the radiology manager is provided with appropriate information regarding current usages and misusages. This responsibility cannot be solely vested in the functions of the radiology manager, but must become a responsibility of which all technologists are cognizant.

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W T Stockburger. Inventory management.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3406386/

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