Reducing our carbon footprint in the haematology laboratory: A shared responsibility

Bingwen Eugene Fan^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Haematology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore.
³ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁴ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Haematology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Sydney Centres for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia.
⁶ School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
⁷ School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.

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Bingwen Eugene Fan et al. Int J Lab Hematol. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;45(5):778-780.

doi: 10.1111/ijlh.14060. Epub 2023 Mar 26.

Bingwen Eugene Fan^{1

2

3

4}, Jun Guan Tan², Emmanuel J Favaloro^{5

6

7}

¹ Department of Haematology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore.
³ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁴ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Haematology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Sydney Centres for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia.
⁶ School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
⁷ School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.

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