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Condemnation: Condemnation and Disposal of Scrap From Hospital

The document discusses condemnation and disposal procedures for scrap material in hospitals. It outlines criteria for condemning equipment, including being non-functional, obsolete, hazardous, or no longer required. A condemnation committee assesses items and decides if they should be condemned based on user recommendations and history. After condemnation, items can be disposed of through circulation within the hospital, return to vendors, sale to other firms, sale to dealers/brokers, or sale to employees. The condemnation procedure involves a committee investigation and recommendations for disposal.

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Condemnation: Condemnation and Disposal of Scrap From Hospital

The document discusses condemnation and disposal procedures for scrap material in hospitals. It outlines criteria for condemning equipment, including being non-functional, obsolete, hazardous, or no longer required. A condemnation committee assesses items and decides if they should be condemned based on user recommendations and history. After condemnation, items can be disposed of through circulation within the hospital, return to vendors, sale to other firms, sale to dealers/brokers, or sale to employees. The condemnation procedure involves a committee investigation and recommendations for disposal.

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CONDEMNATION

Condemnation and disposal of scrap from hospital


In the present day hospitals, apart from the numerous biomedical equipment, there are thousands
of pharmaceutical products that are in use. It is essential that scientific inventory control
procedures are followed for procurement.

Criteria for Condemnation:


The following criteria should be followed for condemnation of equipment:

 Non-functional and obsolete


 Non-functional and beyond economical repair
 Functional but obsolete
 Function but hazardous
 Functional but no longer required
Procedure for condemnation:
Condemnation committee

This committee assesses and decides whether an item/equipment should be condemned or not.
The recommendation should be based on recommendation of the user department, history/ log
sheet/ alternative place of use and so on. The committee should meet at regular intervals at least
twice a year. The committee may be construed of the following

 Designated Medical Officer


 Matron/designated Nursing Officer
 Stores-in-charge
 In charge Maintenance Cell
Scrap

This term applies to unusable materials whose value is only in terms of its materials value e.g.
iron, wood. Surplus from production processing are inevitable. Many raw materials undergo
various transformations in the production process while they are being converted into finished
goods. As a result, not all the materials a firm purchases are wholly consumed; a residue is left.
One company stamps disks from copper strip for use in its main product. From this operation, at
least 15 percent of the copper left cannot be used elsewhere in the firm’s production operations.
The excess copper, therefore, must be disposed of as surplus. It is impossible for management to
eliminate this type of surplus, which is called “scrap”. Rather management’s objective is to
minimize legitimate scrap by means of intelligent planning and effective production controls.
Types of scrap:
The scrap may   be two types of processes.

Revert scrap- originates as a result of making steel and steel products like those shown, and
others-plates, structural, sheet, coils, bars, castings, wire ,and so on. Often called “home scrap”.

Industrial scrap- originates when steel products are made into items like automobiles, farm
equipment, ships, and the many other things we use that are made from steel.

Disposal

After an item has been condemned it may be disposed.

Disposal takes five routes:

Circulation within the company:- 


The usual method for circulation within the company is to prepare specifications on the material
or equipment and send them to each division. The divisional management screens all facilities
within its jurisdiction to determine whether the equipment can be used.
Returns to vendors:- 
Many vendors allow the return of all types of surplus, both new and used. This is a courtesy that
is routinely granted to large accounts. If the surplus material cannot be used within the firm, the
return-to-vendor method of disposal is generally the next best meth of disposal.
Selling to other firms:- 
Some companies sell surplus materials and equipment directly to other firms. Sale to other
companies, however, often depends upon the physical condition of the surplus.
Selling to dealers and brokers:- 
Surplus dealers and brokers constitute an excellent outlet for surplus materials. When a firm
advertises surplus materials for sale, dealers often respond. Transactions with dealers are usually
“where is, as is,” and most of the time they are for cash.
Selling to employees:-
 Many firms make it a practice to sell both the products the firms manufacture and the firm’s
surpluses to their employees. If the surpluses are the results of overstocking or obsolescence and
the materials are in a new or good condition.
PROCEDURE FOR CONDEMNATION 
A condemnation committee comprising of three or more members is constituted by the
competent authority.
 the terms of reference of the committee are:
 i.) To go in details of the reasons as to why this situation has occurred.
 Following procedure is generally carried out in case of the materials particularly drugs
and non-drug items:  
 The committee members go into details through inventory records right from the point
of demand estimation to the distribution level of materials, and will find out reasons
for being an item surplus and remained unused.
 ii.) The people who are responsible for the lapses on the aspects from acquisition to
storage and distribution of materials. 
 iii.) To suggest measures to be taken for disposal of the items.  
 The condemned items are to be destroyed, so it is to be taken out from the inventory
registers
 A write off sanction of the competent authority is obtained before final disposal. The
committee will declare the items condemned and make recommendation for further
disposal of items.  
 The items particularly medicines which are toxic and cannot be disposed of by burial
or as per the relevant laid down rules under the subject of waste disposal.
 The effective measures are taken for disposal of surplus items before it becomes unfit
for use is:
 A list of surplus material is circulated among the hospital staff/user units requesting
them to pay special attention for mobilizing such items and giving priority to this
category of items.
 The surplus materials are transferred to other hospitals where these may be required.
 The surplus materials are offered to the manufacturer/ suppliers for buy back.
 In case of materials other than drugs like equipments, instruments any such articles are
treated as salvage or scrap, whatever the case may be, action is taken accordingly:
 Open auctions of items through authorized auctioneers.
 The materials may be sold by inviting tender.  
CONCLUSION
 Material management is an important management tool which is very useful in getting
the right quality & right quantity of supplies at right time.
 Provides good inventory control & helps in adopting sound methods of condemnation
& disposal, and therefore improves the efficiency of the organization, whether it is
Private, Government, Small organization, Big organization or Household. All these
makes the working atmosphere healthy.
 Even a common man must know the basics of material management so that he can get
the best of the available resources and make it a habit to adopt the principles of
material management in all daily activities.

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