1. Definition of medical consumables: They are consumable medical devices with limited use approved by the drug supervision and management department, including disposable and reusable medical consumables.

2、Type of medical consumables

There are many types of medical consumables required for medical activities, and the classification standards are different, so hospitals mostly classify them according to the actual working conditions of their hospitals.

The specifications of medical consumables are complicated and the prices vary widely. In the daily management, in order to achieve targeted management and better management effect, medical consumables are generally classified into two categories of low-value consumables and high-value consumables according to the value of consumables and combined with the actual clinical application.

According to the use of classification According to the different uses of medical consumables in clinical medical activities, they can be divided into seven categories, including injection and puncture class and polymer materials, medical sanitary materials and dressings, some common medical devices in the operating room, medical x-ray accessory equipment and components, dialysis apparatus and dialysis pipeline, artificial lens, and special consumables such as catheters, guidewires, stents, etc. for clinical departments

In the daily management of medical consumables, they can be classified and managed according to their different characteristics.
(1) Consumables can be classified into implantable and non-implantable consumables according to whether they can be implanted in human body;
(2) Classify consumables into domestic and imported consumables according to their production origin;
The consumables can be classified into stock management consumables and customized consumables according to whether the specifications can be determined before surgery (e.g. the required specifications of consumables such as bone plates and bone nails can only be determined intraoperatively).
The consumables are classified into single-use consumables and reusable consumables according to whether they can be reused or not.