Practice changes

Practice change actions for the National Green Theatres Programme are listed below.

Hyperlinks will be added as actions are released.

• Remove Desflurane liquid
• Change pre-operative paracetamol from intravenous to oral
• Embed rubbing not scrubbing
• Reduce unnecessary use of non-sterile gloves
• Address the use of sulfur hexafluiride (SF6) and perfluoroethane (C2F6) in vitroretinal surgery
• Introduce meat-free Mondays
• Introduce remanufacturing of appropriate surgical instruments
• Review unnecessary plastics waste - incopads and suction tubing
• Introduce ban on disposable cups and plastic cutlery
• Introduce an alternative to single use chlolaprep 2% for skin preparation
• Rationalising fluid giving sets and warming devices