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COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Implications on Storekeeping Practices: Perspectives of Health Workers

COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Implications on Storekeeping Practices: Perspectives of Health Workers

Dominic Owusu, Francis Kabenlah Mensah, Benedict Ofori Antwi, Isaac Kwadwo Anim
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781668425237|ISBN10: 1668425238|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668425244|EISBN13: 9781668425251
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-2523-7.ch020
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Owusu, Dominic, et al. "COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Implications on Storekeeping Practices: Perspectives of Health Workers." Handbook of Research on Changing Dynamics in Responsible and Sustainable Business in the Post-COVID-19 Era, edited by Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 419-431. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-2523-7.ch020

APA

Owusu, D., Mensah, F. K., Antwi, B. O., & Anim, I. K. (2022). COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Implications on Storekeeping Practices: Perspectives of Health Workers. In C. Popescu (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Changing Dynamics in Responsible and Sustainable Business in the Post-COVID-19 Era (pp. 419-431). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-2523-7.ch020

Chicago

Owusu, Dominic, et al. "COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Implications on Storekeeping Practices: Perspectives of Health Workers." In Handbook of Research on Changing Dynamics in Responsible and Sustainable Business in the Post-COVID-19 Era, edited by Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu, 419-431. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-2523-7.ch020

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Abstract

Unprecedented outbreaks of disease have challenged the contemporary world with substantial adverse consequences on the effectiveness of business models in operations and supply chain management (OSCM). The advent of COVID-19 put a lot of pressure on staff and resources. However, the focus of contributors has been on the pressure on staff managing the various hospital facilities and ignoring inventory, which is one of the key areas where resources required to take care of patients are managed. Using the resource dependency theory, this chapter analyses how COVID-19 affected the inventory practices of hospitals operating in the Western Region of Ghana. It further makes suggestions on how the inventory of hospitals should be managed in order to avert possible shortages and interruptions in healthcare delivery and further relieve hospital staff of the pressure they have to sustain when there is a shortage. The chapter offers suggestions on areas of inventory management practices that management of hospital facilities should pay attention to.

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