Financial and Environmental Costs of Reusable and Single-Use Anaesthetic Equipment. Issue 5 (October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McGain, F.; Story, D.; Lim, T.; McAlister, S.
• Is Part Of: Survey of anesthesiology. Volume 61:Issue 5/6(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-10
• Subjects: Anesthesiology -- Periodicals; 617.96
• DOI: 10.1097/01.sa.0000527636.13714.6a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0039-6206

Abstract

Abstract : (Abstracted from Br J Anaesth, 118(6):862–869, 2017) Environmental sustainability in anesthesia is gaining importance. Anesthetic equipment for airway management and ventilation can be reusable or single use/disposable, and the comparisons between the environmental effects (carbon dioxide [CO2 ] emissions, water use, etc) of reusables and single-use equipment are more complex and dependent particularly upon the source of energy (eg, coal, renewables) to manufacture or clean the equipment.