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Stewardship for Sharps and Reusable Sharps Containers
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.
Document

Reusable LMAs with Dr. Melissa Ho
Dr. Melissa Ho, Staff Anesthesiologist, North York General Hospital discusses reusable LMAs in perioperative care.
Video
Implementation Module: OR Kit Reformulation
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.
Guide

Custom Pack Optimization with Cameron Irani
Cameron Irani, RN, MN at the Hospital for Sick Children discusses optimizing custom packs in perioperative care.
Video
Piped Nitrous Oxide Waste Reduction Strategy
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.
Report

Device Remanufacturing with Laurie Thomas
Laurie Thomas, Senior Clinical Director of Surgery, St. Joseph’ Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto discusses device remanufacturing in perioperative care.
Video
Ontario’s Anesthesiologists Position Statement on Reporting Anesthetic Gases in the Ontario Hospitals Greenhouse Gas Inventory
A one-page position statement by Ontario’s Anesthesiologists calling for urgent action to avert a climate catastrophe.
Position Statement
Performing Hospital Waste Audits
A slide deck by Waste Management Healthcare Solutions on performing hospital waste audits.
Slide deck

A brief introduction (slide deck)
A brief introduction to the sustainable perioperative care scorecard.
Slide deck

How to guide scorecard
A brief overview on how to use the sustainable perioperative care scorecard as an assessment tool and to identify and capitalize on change opportunities to improve perioperative care.
Slide deck