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. 2021 Jun-Jul;70(272):28-29.
doi: 10.1016/j.revinf.2021.04.009. Epub 2021 Apr 22.

[Fighting global warming in the operating room]

[Article in French]
Mylène Bigi  1 , Éric Florin  2 , Bernard Remy  1 , Lyonel Verley  3 , Agnès Pradel  4 , Hassane Sadou Yaye  5
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[Fighting global warming in the operating room]

[Article in French]
Mylène Bigi et al. Rev Infirm. 2021 Jun-Jul.

Abstract

At the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital group (AP-HP, Paris), the central operating room teams embarked, in 2017, on a project to reduce the ecological impact of the procedures performed there. The results are convincing: reduction of the carbon footprint of anesthetic gases, reduction of waste and improvement of its sorting, recycling of metals. The project has spread to the other operating rooms in the hospital group, with strong support from professionals.

Keywords: bloc opératoire; déchet de soins; développement durable; gaz à effet de serre; greenhouse gases; healthcare waste; operating room; recyclage; recycling; sustainable development.

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