环境可持续性是否与患者安全相兼容?
Kishan H Patel1, Keith J Ruskin
1Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Current opinion in anaesthesiology
|November 3, 2025
概括
手术室通过能源使用和浪费对气候变化产生重大影响. 实施可持续的麻醉实践,比如减少特定的麻醉气体和再加工用品,可以在不影响患者安全的情况下降低环境影响.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 医疗保健的可持续性 医疗保健的可持续性
- 麻醉学 麻醉学
背景情况:
- 手术室是气候变化的重要贡献者,对公共健康构成风险.
- 目前的手术室做法产生了大量的能源消耗和医院浪费.
研究的目的:
- 审查手术室实践对环境的影响.
- 在不影响患者安全的情况下,确定麻醉护理的可持续修改.
主要方法:
- 审查在手术室的临床实践.
- 在手术环境中分析能源消耗和废物产生.
- 麻醉剂的评估和供应管理策略.
主要成果:
- 手术室占有大量的能源消耗和33%的医院废物.
- 修改,如消除desflurane,优化新鲜气体流,并使用全静脉麻醉可以减少环境影响.
- 再加工耐用用品,而不是使用一次性废品,可以最大限度地减少固体废物.
- 这些可持续的变化不会对患者的安全产生不利影响.
结论:
- 了解当前做法对环境的影响对于开发可持续麻醉护理至关重要.
- 新的技术和材料可以提高麻醉的可持续性,而不会影响患者的安全.
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