Driving down greenhouse gas emissions while saving cost on anaesthetic agents
The Porta Sole Clinical Institute in Italy is using Carestation Insights Agent Cost application to optimise the benefits of low-flow anaesthesia, reducing both the cost of anaesthetic agents and greenhouse gas emissions. Clinic owner Marco Cucchia, anaesthesiologists Dr. Chiara Piergiovanni and Dr. Gianfranco Toni, and Carlo Ciarapica, operating room (OR) nursing staff lead and OR activities coordinator, describe the positive impact of implementing change management using the Agent Cost application.
“ Our goal is always to use the most advanced technologies for our patients’ care. This solution allows us to use automatically controlled anaesthesia to reduce anaesthetic agent costs and CO2 emissions. ”
“ I’d like to say this is a win-win opportunity, where you can save money and contribute to a greener world, so what are you waiting for? ”
Mr Marco Cucchia,
Clinic Owner, Porta Sole Clinical Institute,
Perugia, Italy *
The Carestation Insights Agent Cost App was used to track these improvements with a simple, visual dashboard analysis. Using EtC enables safe low-flow anaesthesia, while the Carestation Insights Agent Cost application provided the perfect tool to understand current protocols, so that the clinic could now 1.) identify opportunities for improvement, 2.) monitor the effects of behavioural change when adopting new protocols, and 3.) show positive progress to the anaesthesia staff on the benefits of practicing new low-flow protocols over time. A 34 % decrease in anaesthetic agent cost per minute and CO2 emissions was achieved in just five months, without compromising quality and safety, contributing to more sustainable healthcare.