Below is a generic survey that assesses use and attitudes to N2O. Feel free to adapt to your own department. Demographics State: Service: Hospital: Consultant or trainee (What level are you if you are a trainee?): Amount used How many times in the last year have you used nitrous oxide? Never once 2-5 6-10 >10…
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Anaesthetic Machine Reported Nitrous Usage
Interrogating Anaesthetic machine logs can give a clear picture of N2O usage by a given machine. The cumulative gas usage can be reset and then periodically reviewed to allow clear consumption data, per anaesthetic machine, for a given period. The way to detect N2O consumption from 2 popular anaesthetic machines is outlined below. GE Aysis…
Nitrous Oxide Pipeline Test Protocol
Several hospitals in Australia have demonstrated large leaks of nitrous oxide that were not detected by the routine inspections required by Section 6 of Australian Standard 2896:2021. As N2O is a schedule 4 drug and significant greenhouse gas, any such leakage is unacceptable. We have developed a protocol for hospitals to test the entire pipeline…