Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing mobile gas cylinders within a hospital facility (having care departments between which the gas cylinders travel and in which they are used. Each gas cylinder is equipped with a gas distribution valve with an electronic device for determining and supplying at least one item of gas amount information, and furthermore including a wireless communication module configured so as to transfer the gas amount information, via a wireless communication protocol, to data processing means, via a plurality of receivers, arranged in the care departments of the hospital facility. The data processing means process this gas amount information and drive a display on a display screen. An associated cylinder management installation.