Discrepancy between procurement and clinical use of nitrous oxide: waste not, want not

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Western Health, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: rseglenieks@gmail.com.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Western Health, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Western Health, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Intensive Care, Western Health, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Richard Seglenieks et al. Br J Anaesth. 2022 Jan.

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. 2022 Jan;128(1):e32-e34.

doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.10.021. Epub 2021 Nov 19.

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Western Health, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: rseglenieks@gmail.com.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Western Health, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Western Health, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Intensive Care, Western Health, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Keywords: environmental impact; nitrous oxide; procurement; sustainability; waste.

Conflict of interest statement

Declarations of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.