Project 2 - Nitrous Mitigation
Project 2 - Nitrous Mitigation
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Project 2 was voted for at the 2022 Green Day and focussed on quantifying the region's mitrous oxide usage and, more importantly, waste. Four out of five trusts participated in the Autumn of 2022 (Milton Keynes had independently quantified their nitrous wastage and have made steps to mitigate this).
Some key findings are shown below, as well as the poster, which was presented centrally at the OxDAT Macintosh Day.
Locally, each trust is in the process of developing action plans for ongoing nitrous mitigation and will present their own findings of this project.
96% of nitrous oxide is wasted per week (89%-99.5%)
96% of nitrous oxide is wasted per week (89%-99.5%)
CO2 equivalent of wasted nitrous oxide is 86,648kg
CO2 equivalent of wasted nitrous oxide is 86,648kg
£104,889
We are leaking money into the atmosphere!
We are leaking money into the atmosphere!
Project 2 poster - presented at the OxDAT Macintosh Day
TVSOP Project 2 Teams
Central coordinators: Dr Amy Parekh, Dr Søren Kudsk-Iversen and Dr John Cruise
Local Trainee Leads, Consultant Leads and local investigators:
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust: Dr Adam Taylforth, Dr Luke Holdsworth and Dr Richard Kaye
Wexham Park Hospital: Dr Helen Blamey, Dr Renata Klopotowska
Royal Berkshire Hospital: Dr Ramiro D'Abrantes, Dr Poppy Sellwood and Dr Lauren Williams
Oxford University Hospitals: Dr James Kirkland, Dr Nick Dobson, Dr Peter Chater-Lea, Dr Nadeeshya Welikala, Dr Aimee Manicom, Dr Bianca Samoila, Dr Partheeben Nagaraj, Dr Peter Brydon, Dr Natalie Smith, Dr Nicola Beale, Dr Sabeena Sharma, Dr Hanlie DuPlessis, Dr Konstilia Karydi, Dr Karen Medlock, Dr Trina Crilley, Dr Khurram Ayub, Dr Amar Keiralla, Dr Paul Douglass, Dr Ben Wilson, Dr James Biggs, Dr Lance Millar
Featured in:
Obstetric Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting 2022-23 (was listed among “pick of the posters”): Smith N, Brydon P, Beale N, Kudsk-Iversen S. Supply exceeds demand: evaluation of pure nitrous oxide use in the delivery suite of a teaching hospital. International Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia May 2023;54(Suppl. 1):12-13.
Oral presentation at SHARE Conference 2023 “Our nitrous oxide wastage - No laughing matter: how we quantified nitrous wastage deanery wide and what we can do about it” presented by Dr Amy Parekh (OxDAT Green Rep 2022/23) https://www.bsms.ac.uk/about/events/2023/05-12-share-conference.aspx
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