Inventory Management (2010)

We reviewed supplies inventory procurement and management processes at UWMC and HMC. We recommended improvements at both in reviewing physical and systems access privileges, tracking consigned inventory, and encrypting back-up media. We also reviewed Operating Room (OR) inventories at both locations and recommended that physical inventory counts be documented at HMC, and that UWMC OR inventory requisitions be processed through the Purchasing and Inventory Management application, PMM.