[Management for the operating room].

Business companies, which in the current times also includes hospitals, must create customer benefits and as a prerequisite for this must sustainably generate profits. Management in the world of business means the formation and directing of a company or parts of a company on a permanent basis, whereby management in this context is not exercising power but function. This concept of management is exemplary developed in this article for the important services sector of the operating room (OR) and individual functions, such as resource control, capacity planning and materials administration are presented in detail.

[OR-Management - Essentials].

Operating theaters are strongly linked to other units in a hospital such as the ICU, the wards and the emergency room for example. Good management skills are necessary to improve the productivity by 2-3 percent per year. To reach these goals resources' such as personnel, IT-systems, specific equipment and the adherence to professional standards are required.