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Nitrous Oxide Briefing Note (Sunnybrook Team)
A briefing note on the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Nitrous Oxide Waste Reduction Project.
Briefing note
Low Flow Anesthesia 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
Stryker infographic (Stryker)
An visual poster for devices that can be reprocessed by Stryker.
Infographic

Reduce Nitrous Oxide wastage 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
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
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities: Second edition (WHO 2014)
This handbook – the result of extensive international consultation and collaboration – provides comprehensive guidance on safe, efficient, and environmentally sound methods for the handling and disposal of health-care wastes in normal situations and emergencies. Future issues such as climate change and the changing patterns of diseases and their impacts on health-care waste management are also discussed.
Document
Device remanufacturing Project Charter Summary
A two-page summary of the device remanufacturing project charter, including potential metrics, root causes and change ideas.
Project Charter
Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS) Background Paper for the CAS Position Statement on reducing harmful emissions, waste and costs
This document accompanies the document Greening the OR: CAS Position Statement on reducing harmful emissions, waste and costs and provides the rationale and evidence for CAS’ recommendations
Website
Low Flow Anesthesia Project Charter Summary
A two-page summary of the low flow anesthesia project charter, including potential metrics, root causes and change ideas.
Project Charter