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.
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.
This scorecard helps perioperative teams identify sustainability opportunities, track progress, and align initiatives with the broader goals of planetary health and sustainable care.
The Clinical Waste and Recycling Trainer (CRT) program is an evaluation and education program Green+Leaders can implement to improve recycling in Lower Mainland hospital and residential care sites.
