Becker's Healthcare October 8, 2024
According to Health Care Without Harm’s 2019 Climate Footprint report, healthcare accounts for 8.5% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and 4.4% globally.
The operating room is a major point of emissions, responsible for up to 40% of a hospital’s greenhouse gas output, largely due to long-lasting anesthetic gasses like nitrous oxide, according to the release.
Here are 16 facilities cutting their emissions by targeting pollutant anesthetic gasses in 2024:
1. Project Spruce, a consortium of nine pediatric hospitals, has successfully cut greenhouse gas emissions from inhaled anesthetics by over 50% across its nine partners. The project has since expanded to include 12 institutions.
2. Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health became the first system in...
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