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O*NET detailed work activityMaintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment
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Part of Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products, under the O*NET work activity group Monitoring and Controlling Resources. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 16 AI-assist, 5 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
- Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
- Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases.
- Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
- Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
- Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer.
- Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
- Monitor medical supplies and place orders when inventory is low.
- Verify availability or monitor use of safety equipment, such as hearing protection or respirators.
- Conduct inventories to maintain stock of clinical supplies.
- Monitor the use and status of medical and pharmaceutical supplies.
- Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.
- Maintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment, and replenish first aid equipment and supplies.
- Perform team support duties, such as running errands, maintaining equipment, or stocking supplies.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
- Maintain stock and supplies, preparing supplies for special examinations and ordering supplies when necessary.
- Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
- Issue medications from dispensary and maintain records in accordance with specified procedures.
- Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
- Restock intravenous (IV) supplies and add measured drugs or nutrients to IV solutions under sterile conditions to prepare IV packs for various uses, such as chemotherapy medication.
- Maintain inventories of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes, using waste tracking systems to ensure that materials are handled properly.