Provider Education and Vaporizer Labeling Lead to Reduced Anesthetic Agent Purchasing With Cost Savings and Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
Anesth Analg
; 128(6): e97-e99, 2019 06.
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| ID: mdl-31094796
ABSTRACT
Anesthetic agents are known greenhouse gases with hundreds to thousands of times the global warming impact compared with carbon dioxide. We sought to mitigate the negative environmental and financial impacts of our practice in the perioperative setting through multidisciplinary staff engagement and provider education on flow rate reduction and volatile agent choice. These efforts led to a 64% per case reduction in carbon dioxide equivalent emissions (163 kg in Fiscal Year 2012, compared with 58 kg in Fiscal Year 2015), as well as a cost savings estimate of $25,000 per month.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Nebulizadores y Vaporizadores
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Conservación de los Recursos Naturales
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Contaminantes Atmosféricos
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Gases de Efecto Invernadero
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Anestesia por Inhalación
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Año:
2019
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Article