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

BMC Anesthesiology

Table 2 Emissions of volatile anaesthetics as CO₂ equivalents in relation to number of performed anaesthetic procedures

Period	CO₂e [t] from				Anaesthetic procedures [n]	CO₂e per anaesthetic procedure
Period	Des- flurane	Sevo- flurane	Iso- flurane	Total	Anaesthetic procedures [n]	CO₂e per anaesthetic procedure
2017/18	760,891	46,713	22,041	829,644	21,815	38.03
2018/19	770,714	39,789	18,679	829,182	22,299	37.18
2019/20	781,431	39,599	11,394	832,424	21,516	38.69
2020/21	349,188	40,073	9,339	398,600	19,736	21.00
2021/22	3,572	46,760	5,604	55,935	20,936	2.67

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