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video “Facts About Waste Anesthetic Gases”
is now available on DVD. This educational video was
created by the ASA Task Force on Trace Anesthetic
Gases of the Committee on Occupational Health.
It is complementary to the ASA booklet “Waste
Anesthetic Gases: Information for Management in Anesthetizing
Areas and the Postanesthesia Care Unit (PACU).”
Together they give information on the safety issues
regarding trace concentrations of waste anesthetic
gases to help individuals and institutions develop
a waste anesthetic gas management policy as required
by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations (JCHAO) with recommendations
for safe anesthetic practice.
The DVD will be helpful both for anesthesiology trainees
as well as for all health care personnel who work
where anesthesia is given. Both OSHA (as part of the
Employee Right to Know Act) and JCAHO require hospitals
to educate their personnel on this subject.
The DVD is available for $10 from ASA, 520 N. Northwest
Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573; telephone (847)
825-5586. Single copies of the booklet on waste anesthetic
gases are available to ASA members on request; additional
copies are $5. The booklet also is on the ASA Web
site at <www.ASAhq.org/publicationsAndServices/wasteanes.pdf>.
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