Minimising the usage of desflurane only by education and removal of the vaporisers – a before-and-after-trial

BMC Anesthesiology

Table 1 Consumption and cost of volatile anaesthetics

Period	Annual consumption in bottles			Cost in Euro
Period	Desflurane	Sevoflurane	Isoflurane	Desflurane	Sevoflurane	Isoflurane	Total
2017/18	852	985	118	108,034	193,159	19,369	320,561
2018/19	863	839	100	109,428	164,527	16,414	290,370
2019/20	875	835	61	110,950	163,744	10,013	284,706
2020/21	391	845	50	49,579	165,705	8,207	223,490
2021/22	4	986	30	507	193,355	4,924	198,786

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