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CHICAGO, November 13, 2006 — The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) has announced the release of the Healthcare Materials Management Policy and Procedure Manual. Developed to assist healthcare supply chain professionals define the instrumental steps in creating operational procedures and provide a template for hundreds of policies, this book and CD-ROM compilation offers materials management departments a new valuable resource for creating hospital policies.

"AHRMM realizes that effective and reliable procedures are critical for a materials management department's success, but we also know that for many the writing process can be both tedious and time consuming," said the book's author and AHRMM Board Member David S. Kaczmarek, CMRP, FAHRMM, FDPHM. "The Association strives to offer educational assistance to professionals in the field. This new manual is a useful resource that gives them a solid starting point to help establish, expand and update their organization's own policy book."

With over 200 examples, the Healthcare Materials Management Policy and Procedure Manual contains an extensive collection of high-quality policies in printed and digital formats that can be easily modified to fit any organization's needs. The manual includes policies and procedures in Administration, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Receiving, Shipping, Storage, Distribution, Linens, Central Sterile, Printing and more.

"AHRMM is excited to release this valuable new tool. Not only does it define instrumental steps for writing policies, it also gives professionals an informational resource that is instructional in nature," said AHRMM Executive Director Deborah Sprindzunas. "Those who use it will find new ideas and better methods for writing policies. It simplifies the process and will ultimately help materials managers save time."

AHRMM's Healthcare Materials Management Policy and Procedure Manual is now available to order by calling 800-242-2626 with product code # 142936. Cost for the book and CD-ROM compilation is $119 for AHRMM members and $169 for non-members.

In addition, AHRMM is hosting a free Webinar on Thursday, December 14 at 1 p.m. (CST). The book's author will lead users through the benefits of the manual as well as give instructions on how materials management departments can customize the book's example policies to better fit their organizations. The Webinar is open to both AHRMM members and non-members. For more information, please visit  www.ahrmm.org.

About AHRMM
The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management is the leading national association for executives in the healthcare resource and materials management profession. A personal membership group of the American Hospital Association, AHRMM serves more than 3,900 active members. Founded in 1962, AHRMM prepares its members to contribute to the field and advance the profession through leadership, education, resources and networking. For more information, please visit www.ahrmm.org.