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Nitrous Oxide Waste Reduction Project Charter Summary
A two-page summary of the nitrous oxide wastage project charter, including potential metrics, root causes and change ideas.
Project Charter
Maximum Surgical Blood Ordering Schedule (MSBOS) (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador: Department of Health and Community Services Provincial Blood Coordinating Program)
The Maximum Surgical Blood Ordering Schedule (MSBOS) designates the appropriate pretransfusion testing secondary to the estimated quantity of blood product units required to facilitate the potential need of 90 per cent of patients undergoing specific surgical procedures. Adoption of the MSBOS allows for efficient allocation of blood on the day of scheduled surgery.
Document
Regional Anesthesia patient intake data collection form
This form captures details of anesthesia, surgery, and immediate post-operative recovery including patient satisfaction with the experience. It can be filled out by the anesthesiologist intraoperatively, and follow the patient to PACU.
Data collection form
Prospective database of Regional Anesthesia patients
This data collection tool, created by Timur Özelsel and Rakesh Sondekoppam, contains all of the recommended parameters providers should follow to monitor the safety, efficiency, and outcomes of their breast regional anesthesia program. This can be used for internal continuous quality improvement or for research purposes.
Database data file
Blank Sunnybrook Nitrous Oxide Charter (Sunnybrook Team)
A template for a nitrous oxide waste reduction project.
Template
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

Canadian Society of Nephrology’s Sustainable Nephrology Action Planning (‘SNAP’)
The SNAP committee is comprised of a country-wide group of providers dedicated to aligning kidney care with planetary health principles, thereby advancing patient care within a framework of environmental sustainability.
Website
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