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
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.
The Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS) firmly believes that all efforts should be made to reduce the impact of the healthcare sector on the environment while improving the quality of care. CAS has identified key areas in which changes could provide direct improvements on harmful emissions and waste reduction.
Amarantha Fennell-Wells starts by discussing the background to nitrous oxide within healthcare and its effects on local and global environments. Alifia Chakera then takes us through her pioneering method into investigating leakage of nitrous oxide within NHS Lothian hospital sites. Dr Chris Allen closes the session by addressing FAQs for conducting a similar type of audit.
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.
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.
