Supply Chain Management
Storage
Once commodities have been procured and received by the health system, they are transported and stored at the service-delivery level until the user received the products. The storage process consists of a series of activities pertaining to adequately receiving, classifying, organizing, locating, and managing products and commodities. The resources for storage include best practices in a variety of country contexts, checklist templates, and examples of storage optimization
Documents
This presentation provides an explanation of storage practices, including how a storage space should be organized and the requirements for maintaining it.
This document is a tool that assesses compliance with good storage practices. The intended audience would perform a visual inspection of a storage facility and complete the form accordingly. The questions are in a “yes” or “no” format.ns.
This checklist monitors if a storage facility is following the recommended best practices. The checklist is intended for primary health care and is used by the Ministry of Health in El Salvador. This format includes yes or no answers as well as a scoring system to evaluate if conditions are inefficient or efficient.
This self-assessment evaluates the storage conditions and practices at the primary level of health care and provides recommendations for addressing problems. The tool covers physical and environmental storage conditions. The tool is developed and utilized by the Ministry of Health in El Salvador.
This poster outlines the best practices for storage at the point of service delivery. The tool was created in partnership with USAID DELIVER Project for use in El Salvador.
This poster summarizes the best practices for storage at the service delivery point. This poster is from El Salvador.
This tool serves as a template for monitoring storage based on product expiration dates. This template is used by the Ministry of Health in Nicaragua.
This document provides an example of the systemization of best practices for storage in Nicaragua. The report details the steps that were taken to improve storage conditions and could be applicable in other country contexts.
These documents are examples of a proposal for optimizing storage in three facilities within Panama’s supply chain. The documents include financial estimations and discuss recommendations for storage design.