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.
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.
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.
An example of streams that are easy to recycle in a tertiary hospital is available on the below poster from Fiona Stanley Hospital in Western Australia.
