Profile of Nagoya University Hospital 2012

• Idea/Basic Decision
• Declaration Regarding Patients' Rights and Responsibilities
• Message From the Director

• Idea, Basic Decision, History
• Organization Chart of University Hospital
• Organization Chart of Administration Office
• Chronological List of Directors of University Hospital
• Established Date of Clinical Departments
• Clinical Departments
• Legal Authorization of Medical Services
• University Hospital Staff, Number of Staffs
• Number of Beds
• Patient Services in the University Hospital in 2011
• Clinical Indicator
• Access

Department of Medical Supplies

Director ISHIGURO, Naoki (Professor)

Supply and control for safer and more reliable medical equipment

Serving as administrator of the medical devices used in the hospital to provide a safer and more reliable medical environment.

Operation System

The management system was revised in April 2010, with the objective of centralized management of the purchase, sterilization and conveyance of medical equipment and disposable medical products; bringing transparency to areas in the management system following purchase that are inadequate and to the selection of equipment; ensuring proper management of medical equipment and disposable medical products, and optimizing investment in facilities. The organizational system of the medical supply department consists of managing the sterilization of medical devices, and managing endoscopes, disposable medical products, SPD (supply, processing, distribution), medical equipment and materials (MDI activities).

Scope of Medical Services

(1) Supervise the central medical supply department in their cleaning, assembly and sterilization of medical equipment and devices, and the endoscope cleaning department in their cleaning, sterilization and management of endoscopes. Give advice and provide guidance to ensure proper management of sterilized equipment.
(2) Hold meetings of the materials committee to discuss fair purchasing of medical equipment and disposable medical products, and proper use thereof.
(3) Submit proposals to the steering committee on the medical supply department in the event of purchasing durable medical equipment to enable all related departments to discuss the adjustment and effective utilization of equipment. Also, submit the views of the medical supply department to the management meeting.
(4) Centralized management of purchase, supply, conveyance, usage, lot numbers, etc. of all disposable medical products and pharmaceuticals through the operational management of SPD (Supply, Processing and Distribution).
(5) Collect information on all medical equipment used in the hospital through MDI (Medical Device Information) activities, inform relevant information to all related departments in the hospital, and make necessary requests to relevant departments to address the related information. Reports on the status of measures are received and information on related medical equipment is collected and publicized.
(6) In addition to the steering committee of the medical supply department and material committee, to ensure smooth operation, meetings of the steering committees on endoscope management, SPD, and medical equipment sterilization are also held.

The objective of the medical supply department is to enhance the quality and safety of our medical care, and achieve a stable management basis through the above activities.