id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-295322-9kye4w9g Kumar, Parmeshwar Adaptation of the ‘Assembly Line’ and ‘Brick System’ techniques for hospital resource management of personal protective equipment, as preparedness for mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in a large public hospital in India 2020-05-22 .txt text/plain 738 51 52 title: Adaptation of the 'Assembly Line' and 'Brick System' techniques for hospital resource management of personal protective equipment, as preparedness for mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in a large public hospital in India An assembly line was put in place where components of the PPE kit were added in sequence until the final completed product was packed and ready for distribution. It is typically used inventory management of the personal kit issued to each fighting unit and also used by the United Nations Peace Keeping Forces (The UN Brick) [1] . The requisite number of in-house PPE kits for the various wards were then assembled into one brick(a carton) and supplied to that unit on a daily basis. Bricks of varying sizes and levels help in rationing of PPE between different wards based on differentiating essential and elective patients. ./cache/cord-295322-9kye4w9g.txt ./txt/cord-295322-9kye4w9g.txt