title: Perioperative materials manager, inventory specialist, supply coordinator ... a rose by any other name.
abstract: Perioperative materials management is a developing field that is best suited to those with operating room nursing experience. A broad knowledge base garnered from experience in the surgical environment, and an ability to interact with physicians, nurses, administrators, and other ancillary personnel, seem to require a multidimensional character that most perioperative nurses possess.
authors.affiliation: Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Malone
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007445:Inventories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007587:Job Description; D009873:Operating Rooms; D013527:Perioperative Nursing