Healthcare Supply Chain and Inventory Control

1. Program overview

Supply chain failure in a hospital is not an inconvenience — it cancels operating lists and forces clinical substitution. This course covers demand forecasting in a clinical environment, par level setting and replenishment, consignment and implant stock, cold chain integrity, expiry and recall management, receipt and storage standards, and the relationship between clinical preference and standardisation. It also addresses procurement basics and evaluating a supplier, and is written for clinical and non-clinical staff who order, store or manage stock.

2. Why this program

• Treats supply failure as a safety issue.
• Covers cold chain, expiry and recall handling.
• Includes consignment and implant stock.
• Written for clinical and non-clinical stock holders.

3. Who it is for

Healthcare Manager · Nurse · Allied Health · Pharmacist · Quality Officer

4. Program objectives

• Forecast demand for clinical consumables realistically
• Set and maintain par levels and replenishment triggers
• Manage consignment, implant and high-value stock
• Maintain cold chain integrity and respond to excursions
• Execute expiry monitoring and product recall procedures
• Evaluate the trade-off between clinical preference and standardisation

5. Learning outcomes

• Calculate an appropriate par level from described usage data
• Identify the cause of a described stock outage
• Apply the correct response to a described cold chain excursion
• Execute the steps of a described product recall
• Evaluate a standardisation proposal against clinical objections
• Recommend storage improvements for a described area

6. Curriculum

1. Module 1: Supply Failure as Clinical Risk

   • Supply Failure as Clinical Risk

2. Module 2: Forecasting and Par Levels

   • Forecasting and Par Levels

3. Module 3: Receipt, Storage and Cold Chain

   • Receipt, Storage and Cold Chain

4. Module 4: Expiry, Recall and Traceability

   • Expiry, Recall and Traceability

5. Module 5: Standardisation and Procurement

   • Standardisation and Procurement

7. Duration and structure

Total study hours: 3.5 — 2.75h content + 0.75h assessment. Duration is expressed in study hours only.

9. What you receive

This certificate confirms completion of Healthcare Supply Chain and Inventory Control. Duration is expressed in study hours.

10. Delivery format

Self-paced · start any time · any device · lifetime access to the enrolled version.