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Inhaled anaesthetic and analgesic gases are the most environmentally damaging drugs used in healthcare. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) has 300 times the global warming impact of carbon-dioxide and is particularly harmful because of the huge amounts used. N2O is most commonly given combined with oxygen (Entonox, or 'gas and air'); it provides effective pain relief for >80% of women in labour, and millions of people worldwide undergoing minor injury treatment or small operations. Envirolieve will substantially reduce Entonox consumption, potentially by as much as 90%, enabling the same safe and effective pain relief but with dramatically less environmental harm.
Envirolieve is cost effective and simple to integrate with existing technologies and therefore has the potential to be rapidly adopted into practice.
| Project | Envirolieve: a novel delivery system to reduce Entonox consumption |
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| Description |
Inhaled anaesthetic and analgesic gases are the most environmentally damaging drugs used in healthcare. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) has 300 times the global warming impact of carbon-dioxide and is particularly harmful because of the huge amounts used. N2O is most commonly given combined with oxygen (Entonox, or 'gas and air'); it provides effective pain relief for >80% of women in labour, and millions of people worldwide undergoing minor injury treatment or small operations. Envirolieve will substantially reduce Entonox consumption, potentially by as much as 90%, enabling the same safe and effective pain relief but with dramatically less environmental harm. Envirolieve is cost effective and simple to integrate with existing technologies and therefore has the potential to be rapidly adopted into practice. |
| Funding | £ 883,086 |
| Competition | Competition 18 - Delivering a Net Zero NHS |
| Competition Date | July 2021 |
| Categories | Net zero |
| Health Innovation Network Partner | UCL Partners , Health Innovation Network South London |
| Website | https://www.edasinvent.com |