NEW YORK—Addressing the large amounts of drug waste created by anesthesiologists can result in significant costs savings for hospitals and decrease the expense of anesthesiology care, according to data presented at the 2022 annual PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology (poster 310).
“Drug waste is a significant contributor to the cost of routine anesthesia care,” said lead author Raj Patel, BS, a medical student at University of Illinois Chicago.
“In the OR, especially in