When you delete physical item instances from your inventory using any option other than the “permanently delete” option on the edit item page, the items continue to exist in your inventory, but are now listed in the deleted items report. This ensures we have a full understanding of the entire history of every item that’s moved through your facility, whether it was used in a case, accidentally dropped on the floor, or recalled by the vendor.
You will access the deleted items report from the left nav under the Reports option and you’ll see a list of all items deleted from your facility. You can filter this list using the drop-down menu to see just those items deleted for a particular reason. The default time frame is set at 30 days, but you can narrow the search further by selecting any time frame to get the exact data you need.
Looking at the deleted items report can be a good way to evaluate waste by determining how items have been used outside of the context of a revenue producing procedure and thus not having their cost recouped.