Dept of Hospital Administration, NIMS, Hyderabad
Online published on 26 April, 2016.
Red tape is an idiom that refers to excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules that hinders or prevents action or decision-making. The study has been carried out in cath lab stores of Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, a tertiary care teaching hospital in Hyderabad. An empirical study of the data during the period of April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014 has been done to identify situations which are causing increase in the administrative lead time. Personal interviews were conducted with all the personnel of cath lab stores and surgical stores. Files of purchases were reviewed. The indent date, date of PO and delivery date were noted. The following were observed.
Administrative lead time - 10 days to 20 days
Supplier lead time – 1 day to 5 days
Instances of stock outs that occurred during the study period- 85
Number of items experiencing stock outs – 28
NIMS is a 1300 bedded autonomous super specialty teaching institute. Its procurement policies are framed by the top management. Cath lab stores is a sub store in NIMS. It has no direct purchasing capability. Procurement is done through the main stores.
There are 3 main stores
Surgical stores (includes Nursing stores)
Lab stores (includes general stores and stationary stores)
Medical stores
Red tape, Lead time, Stockout, Cathlab
