Before the new storeroom was built, we had medical supplies in about 5 different places throughout the hospital buildings and in containers. As soon as the new 2 story capacity storeroom was completed, we set out to move everything in and get it functional. It has taken us a number of months to get to where we are today. We have everything sorted, labeled and we actually know what we have of all of our medical supplies. While this may seem like a simple and easy something, I can tell you it has taken many hours of work by many folks (thanks Gail, Alfreda, all our Hygenists and more).
By sorting the storeroom, anyone can now go in and know how many size 8 surgical gloves we have, or how many size 16 foleys we have or don't have. This is going to help us immensely as we have to make orders and purchases for the hospital, and as donors share what supplies they have wondering if we can use them. We no longer have to go digging in about 5 places, we can go to 1 shelf and answer the question. 
The next step is to get a computer inventory system in here as well, to help us even more in knowing what we have and don't have, by keeping track of what we use. That will be a few months yet, but it is coming. Exciting times.
