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Biomedical Waste Management Project Charter Summary
A two-page summary of the biomedical waste project charter, including potential metrics, root causes and change ideas.
Project Charter
Reusable garment bags Project Charter
An evidence-based ready-to-use planning document with project goal, scope, problem/opportunity statement, current state, root causeanalysis, change ideas, potential metrics, and strategies for embedding and spreading.
Project Charter
Breathing circuits Project Charter Summary
A two-page summary of the breathing circuits project charter, including potential metrics, root causes and change ideas.
Project Charter
Bring your own resuable bag Project Charter Summary
A two-page summary of the reusable bags project charter, including potential metrics, root causes and change ideas.
Project Charter

Red Bag Initiative (Carolinas Medical Centre)
A case study on reducing the environmental impacts of the operating room at Carolinas Medical Centre
Case Study
Optimize custom packs Project Charter Summary
A two-page summary of the cutsom packs project charter, including potential metrics, root causes and change ideas.
Project Charter
Resource for Greening General Medical and Surgical Hospitals Pollution Prevention Information (City of Toronto, ChemTRAC 2010)
This Greening Resource for Medical and Surgical Hospitals will help you understand the chemicals that you are using and find ways to reduce or eliminate their use.
Document
Eliminate Desflurane Project Charter Summary
A two-page summary of the desflurane project charter, including potential metrics, root causes and change ideas.
Project Charter
Mitigating the environmental impacts of anesthetic gases in healthcare (Alpamys Issanov, UBC Sustainability Scholar)
The purpose of this research project was to explore existing anesthetic gas emissions reduction initiatives, to understand contributions of anesthetic gas emissions across four health organizations in British Columbia, and to prioritize the action needed to reduce their impact.
Report
Guidelines to the Practice of Anesthesia: Revised Edition 2023 (see Section 10: Guidelines for Environmental Sustainability; p. 20) (Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society)
These Guidelines are intended to apply to all anesthesiologists in Canada. The independent practice of anesthesia is a specialized field of medicine, and as such, it should be practiced by physicians with appropriate training in anesthesia.
Guide