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fittings, and firefighting equipment daily, and report any defect to the supply officer.

Before getting underway into open seas, thoroughly inspect and secure storerooms to prevent stores from shifting due to the ship’s motion. Lash bulk stores to bulkheads, stanchions, or battens, and secure the fronts of open bins and shelves to prevent stores from falling out on deck.

Unless approval is obtained from the commanding officer, do not stow personal gear in storerooms designated for supplies.

SECURITY

The following general security rules apply to medical supply spaces:

Keep all materiel in store under lock and key except when the bulk of such materiel makes such stowage impractical.

Keep medical supply spaces locked when not attended by authorized personnel.

The person in charge of the space is responsible for its security.

Obtain permission for entry of persons ordinarily not authorized to have access to medical supply spaces from the medical or the designated representative.

Do not secure a medical supply space so that damage control equipment cannot be brought into the area in an emergency.

Make sure the ship’s custodian does not take the keys to medical supply space padlocks.

Use a key log to identify the holders of keys removed from the key locker.

Do not record combinations to combination locks except as prescribed in NAVSUP P-485

All key padlocks must be 1 1/2 inch, pin tumbler type, with dead bolts, either brass or bronze. Make sure the locks are keyed individually and are furnished with two master keys for each group and two grand master keys for each set.

All keyless padlocks will be the three combination manipulation resistance type, NSN 5340-00-285-6523.

Change the combinations on keyless padlocks at least every 6 months.

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

Shipboard materiel inventories are divided into three segments for management purposes: operating space items (OSI), repair parts, and consumables.

OSIs are those items in the custody and under management of department heads.

Repair parts are in the custody of the supply officer when supply department stowage space permits and is always under his or her management.

Consumables are in the custody of the supply officer when supply department stowage space permits. Stocked consumables are managed by the supply officer whether such items are stored in supply department spaces or in other departmental spaces. Nonstocked consumables are in the ment heads. custody and under new management of other department heads

DEFINITIONS

Throughout this section, various terms are used in referring to inventory control. Some of these terms are discussed here to help you understand them completely and apply them correctly. NAVSUP P-485 provides definitions for all the terms used in inventory control.

INVENTORY—The quantity of stocks on hand for which stock records are maintained, or the function whereby the materiel on hand is physically inspected and counted and stock records reconciled accordingly.

SAFETY LEVEL—The quantity of materiel, in addition to the operating level, required to be on hand to permit continuous operations if normal replenishment is interrupted or if there are unpredictable fluctuations in issue demand (normally for 3 months).

OPERATING LEVEL—The quantity of materiel (exclusive of safety level) required to