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title: 5 Important Steps For Efficient Medical Storage
description: Sort & organise your Medical storage or pharmacy shelving simply & efficiently. Consumables storage is important for productivity & safety.
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# [5 Important Steps For Efficient Medical Storage](https://www.fischerplastics.com.au/blog/5-important-steps-for-efficient-medical-storage)

 Written by [Fischer Team](https://www.fischerplastics.com.au/blog/author/fischer-team) | 19 Dec 2017

Organising a medical consumables storage system can be difficult and time-consuming. However, we have listed five key steps that can efficiently assist you can sort and organise your hospital storage, consumables and pharmacy shelving efficiently.

By utilising these steps you can:

- **Guarantee the safety of your staff and patients **
- **Achieve high hygiene standards**
- **Recognise stock shortages and other problems faster **
- **Refine and better your inventory system**
- **Find products easily and efficiently**

*Take a look at how Lismore Hospital set up their [Sterile stock solution](https://www.fischerplastics.com.au/blog/sterile-plastic-storage-bins-for-lismore-hospital)*

***Step One: Clear out old storage and supplies***

- Go through your current stock holdings and assess the need to keep and remove anything old or unnecessary.
- Sort what you wish to keep into medical storage bins. 

***Step Two: ****Arrange your medical storage area***

- Organise your consumables into medical storage that suits your needs such as Mesh-Pak bins and either stack, hang or place them in a shelving system.
- Categorise and label your storage, so it is simple to find and put away your items. *Download your free colour coding medical storage sheet below. *
- Ensure your area is clutter free by designating specific areas for certain materials. You can code these areas by choosing different colour medical storage bins for each particular need. 

***Step Three: Clean ***

- Look through your existing and new items, checking that they are still high quality. 
- By ensuring the condition of your storage units are high quality from the start you will be able to identify any signs of early damage. 

***Step Four: Create a system ***

- Once you have cleaned everything and decided what to keep, it is essential to have a system of where you wish to place everything.
- This system will make finding things easy, which is fundamental to ensure you and your staff are working as efficiently as possible.
- Storage systems can include colour coding, size coding, labels and removable storage baskets.

***Step Five: Teach and show your Staff*** 

- By training your staff on the organisation of your storage system and the benefits of storing your medical materials effectively, you will not only ensure consistency, but will also create a safe and efficient workspace. 

Fischer Plastics has a wide range of Hospital Grade Plastic solutions and can help organise your workspace to improve productivity and safety. 

To help you organise your space we have created a downloadable Medical Coding Sheet. Please feel free to print out this helpful sheet and use it in your facility. 

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