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A two-phased approach for the centralisation versus decentralisation of the hospital sterilisation service department

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  • Houda Tlahig
  • Aida Jebali
  • Hanen Bouchriha

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This paper introduces an iterative two-phased approach to decide on the centralisation versus decentralisation of the hospital sterilisation service department. The first step consists in searching for the optimum configuration that minimises the sterilisation activity cost, while the second step consists in finding the adequate dimensioning of that optimum configuration. The motivation of this study is embedded on the practical needs of Tunisian hospitals. The developed approach is based on two mathematical programming models. [Received 27 May 2008; Revised 4 October 2008; Accepted 27 November 2008]

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  • Houda Tlahig & Aida Jebali & Hanen Bouchriha, 2009. "A two-phased approach for the centralisation versus decentralisation of the hospital sterilisation service department," European Journal of Industrial Engineering, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(2), pages 227-246.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:eujine:v:3:y:2009:i:2:p:227-246
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    1. Ahmed Saif & Samir Elhedhli, 2019. "Sterilization network design," EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, Springer;EURO - The Association of European Operational Research Societies, vol. 8(1), pages 91-115, March.
    2. Steffen Rickers & Florian Sahling, 2024. "Integrated procurement and reprocessing planning for reusable medical devices with a limited shelf life," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 27(2), pages 168-187, June.
    3. Adam Diamant & Joseph Milner & Fayez Quereshy & Bo Xu, 2018. "Inventory management of reusable surgical supplies," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 439-459, September.

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