Episode #103 Keeping Patients and the Environment Safe
June 21, 2022
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast will be an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety.
We are back for Part 2 of our series on sustainable health care as the next anesthesia patient safety movement. Join us for our conversation with Matthew Meyer and Jonathan McBride, authors of the APSF article, “Sustainable Health Care Must Be the Next Patient Safety Movement.” You can find this Letter to the Editor in the June 2022 APSF Newsletter.
Figure 2: Opportunities to reduce the impact of anesthesia care on the global environment.
Here is a list of the articles and resources that we talk about during the interview:
- Healthcare without harm (https://noharm.org)
- Medical society consortium for climate and health (https://medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org)
- National Academy of Medicine (https://nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/other/un-sustainable-development-goals-activities-at-the-national-academies/)
- OASH Office for Climate Change and Health Equity (https://www.hhs.gov/ash/ocche/index.html)
- MacNeil et al. Lancet Planetary Health 2017
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(17)30162-6/fulltext - Desflurane should Des-appear
https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Fulltext/2020/10000/Desflurane_Should_Des_appear__Global_and_Financial.43.aspx - TKA Carbon Footprint
https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/135/6/976/117564/Carbon-Footprint-of-General-Regional-and-Combined - Discrepancy between procurement and usage of nitrous oxide
https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(21)00691-7/fulltext
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Hello and welcome back to the Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast. My name is Alli Bechtel, and I am your host. Thank you for joining us for another show. Last week, we talked about the next patient safety movement, sustainable health care, with Matthew Meyer and Jonathan McBride. I hope that you have had a chance to check out their Letter to the Editor in the June 2022 APSF Newsletter.
Before we dive into today’s episode, we’d like to recognize Fresenius Kabi, a major corporate supporter of APSF. Fresenius Kabi has generously provided unrestricted support to further our vision that “no one shall be harmed by anesthesia care”. Thank you, Fresenius Kabi – we wouldn’t be able to do all that we do without you!”
We are once again turning our attention to a Letter to the Editor called, “Sustainable Health Care Must Be the Next Patient Safety Movement” by Jonathon McBride and Matthew Meyer. To follow along with us, head over to APSF.org and click on the Newsletter Heading. First one down is the current issue. Then, scroll down until you get to the Letters to the Editor section and click on our featured article today. I will include a link in the show notes as well.
We have more of my conversation with Meyer and McBride. Today, we are talking about steps that anesthesia professionals can take to keep patients safe and move towards a more sustainable healthcare system. Check out the articles listed in the show notes for more information on this important topic. Here we go!
[Interview with Meyer and McBride]
Are you an advocate for sustainable healthcare at your institution? Let us know by tagging us on Twitter using the #APSFPodcast and join us next week as we continue the conversation with Meyer and McBride for part 3 of our series on sustainable health care as the next anesthesia patient safety movement.
If you have any questions or comments from today’s show, please email us at [email protected]. Please keep in mind that the information in this show is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical or legal advice. We hope that you will visit APSF.org for detailed information and check out the show notes for links to all the topics we discussed today.
We are over halfway through the new year and we would love to connect with you on twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn in 2022! So go ahead and tag us in a patient safety related tweet or like our next post on Instagram, like us on Facebook, or connect with us on LinkedIn!! We can’t wait to hear from you.
Until next time, stay vigilant so that no one shall be harmed by anesthesia care.
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