Gestão de medicamentos e materiais médicos das unidades de saúde da Empresa Pública de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro – RioSaúde

Abstract

The present research focuses on analyzing the elements presented in the literature on the supply chain of hospital supplies at all stages of the process and understand the current scenario of the management of medicines and medical materials in a company chosen through process mapping. The study consists in the development of two products: the systematic review of the literature on the supply chain in health units and a project applied to the identification of the current situation, analysis of problems and proposition of solutions and improvements related to models of management of drug supplies and medical supplies applied to some Emergency Care Units in Rio de Janeiro. The method used for research, contemplating the steps of bibliographic searches on the management of drugs and medical materials of a health unit, thus generating the first product of the present work, which consists of quantitative and qualitative synthesis of results found in the literature. From the information obtained in this search, it was identified how to develop a project applied to the identification of the current situation, problem analysis and proposition of improvements related to the management models of medicines and medical supplies applied to some Emergency Care Units in Rio de Janeiro.