We are fortunate as a tertiary care hospital in that we use disposable circuits. I use the term loosely as we use them for approx two days depending on the surgery being performed. We use filters at the "Y"piece which also adds a barrier of protection and disposable canister of soda absorb but using higher flows and not using soda absorb is a great idea
The hospital used "passive" scavenging when we first had the anaesthesia machine but several year ago we changed to "actiive" scavenging.
Wish we had the older Ohmeda Excel machines as we could use these for Covid patients.
I am attempting to convince my colleagues to get infection control involved but I'm sure the anaesthesia department would disagree and do thier own thing.
Last edited by williamss; 15/04/20 12:06 AM.
