Don’t use disposable materials unless strictly necessary, and do not neglect proper separate waste collection.
Operating theatres generate at least 25 per cent of total hospital waste and about 25 per cent of this waste is related to anaesthetic practices. Proper waste management is therefore essential to reduce environmental impact and contain costs. Materials not...
Don’t choose unsustainable anaesthetic techniques, materials/devices or behaviours.
Whenever possible, prefer regional anaesthesia over general anaesthesia. Prescribe and administer only drugs that are truly useful and necessary; prefer oral administration whenever possible. Limit the advance preparation of medications to what is strictly necessary,...
Don’t use high fresh gas flows; prefer low flows and the minimum effective oxygen concentration.
High fresh gas flows unnecessarily increase the consumption of halogenated anesthetic gases, thereby amplifying greenhouse gas emissions with a significant environmental impact. The administration of inhaled agents is now safer thanks to modern systems for monitoring...
Don’t use inhaled anesthetic agents with high global warming potential, such as desflurane and nitrous oxide.
Desflurane and nitrous oxide can be effectively replaced with equally efficient but less environmentally harmful inhaled anesthetics, or with alternative anesthetic techniques such as total intravenous anesthesia or regional anesthesia. Starting from January 1, 2026,...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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