Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental sustainability in anaesthesia. Response to Br J Anaesth 2021;126:e118-e119

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Western Health, Footscray, Centre for Integrated Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: forbes.mcgain@wh.org.au.
² Institut Curie PSL Research University, Paris, France; Sustainability Committee, French Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Paris, France.
³ Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences), Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.

Comment

Forbes McGain et al. Br J Anaesth. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;126(3):e119-e122.

doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.11.031. Epub 2020 Dec 3.

¹ Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Western Health, Footscray, Centre for Integrated Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: forbes.mcgain@wh.org.au.
² Institut Curie PSL Research University, Paris, France; Sustainability Committee, French Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Paris, France.
³ Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences), Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; climate change; environmental sustainability; net zero; personal protective equipment.

Comment on

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental sustainability in anaesthesia. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2020; 125: 680-92.
White SM, Shelton CL. White SM, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2021 Mar;126(3):e118-e119. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.12.003. Epub 2020 Dec 5. Br J Anaesth. 2021. PMID: 33386127 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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