Dr. Ali Abbass’ presentation on Greening the Operating Room during the Nov 25, 2022 Fundamentals of Sustainable Operating Rooms course offered in partnership between CASCADES and ONSQIN.
Dr. Ali Abbass’ presentation on Greening the Operating Room during the Nov 25, 2022 Fundamentals of Sustainable Operating Rooms course offered in partnership between CASCADES and ONSQIN.
This report by Global Product Stewardship Council is intended to assess current business case considerations for reusable sharps stewardship models for the home healthcare industry.
A 10 step guide by Practice Greenhealth on how an organization can go about developing a systematic program for OR kit reformulation, with a focus on eliminating certain unused supplies from the preference card and pick list.
At this session on environmentally sustainable anesthetic practices, Drs. Anita Rao and Peter Menikefs: 1. Describe the scope of the problem 2. Review best practice guidelines for “Greening the OR” 3. By using local data, demonstrate how the implementation of greening practices leads to monetary savings 4. Share how clinical staff can advocate for a more environmentally-friendly workplace
NHS Lothian’s lean approach can be adopted to address piped nitrous wastage oxide at any acute site. The project lead for NHS Lothian advises that once a nitrous oxide mitigation project team is established at an acute site, they should first discuss their investigative approach and draw on the Lothian methodology as an exemplar and not an absolute standard.
Dr. Danette Beechinor, Director of Pharmacy; Dr. Eric Cohen, Deputy Head, Division of Cardiology; Dr. Martin Van Der Vyver, Staff Anesthesiologist – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre discuss their project to reduce nitrous oxide wastage.
