From: Environmental sustainability from anesthesia providers’ perspective: a qualitative study
Negative environmental impacts anesthesia providers identify in their daily practice | Measures to make daily anesthesia practice more environmentally sustainable |
• Anesthesia-related waste management 51/62 (82.3%) • Use of disposables 28/62 (45.2%) • Environmental impact of anesthetics 27/62 (43.5%) • Wasteful electricity consumption 6/62 (9.7%) | • Environmentally preferable choice of anesthetics 29/62 (46.8%) • Conscious planning of anesthetic supplies 25/62 (40.3%) • Recycling and reusing 8/62 (12.9%) • Encouraging ecological behavior among colleges 3/62 (4.8%) |
Barriers that anesthetists face when achieving environmental sustainability in their daily practice | Factors leading to non-compliance with internal anesthesia sustainability guidelines |
• Need for knowledge/teaching 14/62 (22.6%) • Missing opportunities to implement sustainable practices 10/62 (16.1%) • Unwillingness to change established norms and adopt new approaches 7/62 (11.3%) • Patient safety and hygiene standards 7/62 (11.3%) | • Patient-related/medical reasons 40/62 (64.5%) • Adherence to established habits 12/62 (19.4%) |