From spring 2017, we began to see a drop in volatile emissions across various health boards and trusts. Within NHS sites, establishing a nitrous oxide mitigation programme requires strong leadership, with multidisciplinary engagement from facilities, pharmacy, engineering and clinical teams​[14]​. By spring 2024, Scotland will be at the arduous tail-end of trying to flatten the last of their anaesthetic emissions. Volatile capture is in its infancy, thus imperfect, and one pilot study indicated capture to be as low as 25% for a single manufacturer​[15]​. Crucially, resilience in volatile mitigation must include the failure of function or supply of volatile capture canisters.

Source: The Guardian September 15, 2022 03:21 UTC