We are inviting you to take part in a 5 minute research survey being done by Dr. Seema Gandhi at the University of California, San Francisco, USA in collaboration with Drs. Adrian Gelb, Michael Lipnick and Patience Atumanya.
This survey will help us learn more about different practice patterns for anesthesia and ICU ventilator circuit and filter usage around the world. This will help us better understand usage, reuse, and disposal as part of an Environmental Sustainability project.
The survey will remain active until March 19th, 2023 and will take about 5 minutes to complete.
You can skip questions that you do not want to answer or stop the survey at any time. The survey is anonymous, and no one will be able to link your answers back to you.
Questions? Please contact Seema Gandhi at seema.gandhi@ucsf.edu or Charlotte Young (charlotte.young@ucsf.edu). If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research participant, you can call the UCSF Institutional Review Board at +1 415-476-1814.
If you agree to participate in this study, click the following link below to start the survey: link
All the best,
Seema Gandhi, MD
Adrian Gelb, MD
Michael Lipnick, MD
Patience Atumanya, MD
Charlotte Young
Additional Information:
Policy makers and healthcare providers are seeking ways to reduce unnecessary waste given the outsized contribution by the healthcare industry globally to greenhouse gas emissions. The anesthesia breathing circuit is one such item that is commonly replaced between patients who require mechanical ventilation in the United States. However, practices differ substantially among countries; in many nations circuits are used for up to 7 days, with replacement of only the breathing system filters to prevent transmission of bacteria, viruses, and fungi from the patient into the breathing circuit. This cross-sectional international survey aims to characterize practice patterns among anesthetists and critical care doctors in different nations and identify barriers to reuse of breathing circuits.
