As we recognize and celebrate World Environment Day, the actions of Dr. Varun Dixit and Henrico Doctors’ Hospital are being heralded by a national organization. Last year, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality presented Henrico Doctors’ Hospital with a Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award at the Gold level for progress with recycling waste (diverting for that 200,000 lbs. of recyclables from the landfill) and conversion of the operating rooms to ‘low flow’ anesthesia. Now, The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable has awarded Dr. Dixit with the Ken Zarker Memorial P2 Champion Award for efforts converting 3 campuses of Henrico Doctors' Hospitals from traditional ‘high flow’ to ‘low flow’ anesthesia further enhancing a model of significant reduction in gas emissions. Concerned American hospitals produce about six million tons of annual gas emission waste – 30% generated by hospital operating rooms – expansion of the successful recycling and ‘low flow’ program has been a goal for Dr. Dixit. In addition to making these changes across the campuses, Dr. Dixit also conducted extensive educational sessions illustrating the work clinicians with the North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) as to the benefits of adjusting to ‘low flow’ anesthesia in their practices – better serving the planet and patients!
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Congratulations Varun Dixit
Advocate & Board Member at Commonshare Nonprofit Pharmacy
1moWhat an achievement 👏