Oddly enough I think I’ve never crafted healing items before, not counting one for an outpost quest. I generally end up relying on being careful when hp is low, or dying due to a lack of medical supplies. Also pretty damn cheap with infected wounds - if that wound ain’t green, I’m gonna try to cauterize it as many times as possible. Lately I’ve been carrying a rag or two, since predators can really make a situation dangerous with the torso bleeding.
As for more organization; tools go in two piles. One for tools that don’t use a charge of some sort, and the ones that do. Tools like teleporters go in a different pile, same with traps, and turrets, and -hacks. For the tools, most of the time there can only be one of each kind on a pile. Stuff like spare hotplates go in a different counter; for disassembly or unloading of batteries. Of course, tool artifacts go to another different pile. Lately I’ve been too lazy to disassemble tools, so if the batteries are unloaded they go to one of the trash bins.
…as for the trash bins; spare tools, spare guns, burnt items, damaged clothing that I won’t use, not really a trash bin but extra copies of skill/recipe books… and books come in two piles; skill/recipes and books for entertainment. Martial arts manuals count as skill books for me. Again, like tools, one of each kind only for the pile, though that only applies for skill/recipe books. Back on the trash/misc. bins, empty containers like bottles, damaged items also go into the burnt items bin, and containers like cardboard boxes and plastic bags.