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Plastic Waste in the OR Project Charter
An evidence-based ready-to-use planning document with project goal, scope, problem/opportunity statement, current state, root causeanalysis, change ideas, potential metrics, and strategies for embedding and spreading.
Project Charter
Low Flow Anesthesia Project Charter Summary
A two-page summary of the low flow anesthesia project charter, including potential metrics, root causes and change ideas.
Project Charter
Nitrous Oxide Waste Reduction Project Charter Summary
A two-page summary of the nitrous oxide wastage project charter, including potential metrics, root causes and change ideas.
Project Charter
Regional Anesthesia patient intake data collection form
This form captures details of anesthesia, surgery, and immediate post-operative recovery including patient satisfaction with the experience. It can be filled out by the anesthesiologist intraoperatively, and follow the patient to PACU.
Data collection form
Resource for Greening General Medical and Surgical Hospitals Pollution Prevention Information (City of Toronto, ChemTRAC 2010)
This Greening Resource for Medical and Surgical Hospitals will help you understand the chemicals that you are using and find ways to reduce or eliminate their use.
Document
Blank Sunnybrook Nitrous Oxide Charter (Sunnybrook Team)
A template for a nitrous oxide waste reduction project.
Template
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities: Second edition (WHO 2014)
This handbook – the result of extensive international consultation and collaboration – provides comprehensive guidance on safe, efficient, and environmentally sound methods for the handling and disposal of health-care wastes in normal situations and emergencies. Future issues such as climate change and the changing patterns of diseases and their impacts on health-care waste management are also discussed.
Document
Reusable garment bags Project Charter
An evidence-based ready-to-use planning document with project goal, scope, problem/opportunity statement, current state, root causeanalysis, change ideas, potential metrics, and strategies for embedding and spreading.
Project Charter
Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS) Background Paper for the CAS Position Statement on reducing harmful emissions, waste and costs
This document accompanies the document Greening the OR: CAS Position Statement on reducing harmful emissions, waste and costs and provides the rationale and evidence for CAS’ recommendations
Website
Daniels Biomedical Waste Poster
What can be disposed of in a black biomedical waste tote? For starters, no loose or contained sharps! This education poster outlines clear simple instructions for biomedical waste management using 106 Litre tubs and what can and cannot be safely or compliantly disposed of in the biomedical waste stream.
Poster