Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health has largely phased out its use of desflurane in anesthesia, according to a July 25 WHRO News report. Desflurane is a greenhouse gas used for anesthesia. It became ...

Approximately 3% of overall healthcare carbon emissions come from inhaled agents used during anesthesia. A new study from Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor has revealed that switching to less-polluting ...

Dr. Elizabeth Hansen. Courtesy of Seattle Children’s. Did you know that some of the gases used in anesthesia are strong greenhouse gases? A few years ago, Seattle Children’s Hospital analyzed its ...

ROSEMONT, Ill., June 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — (AANA)— The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) recently issued its policy considerations addressing the safe and effective disposal of ...

UC San Francisco Sustainability Director Gail Lee, REHS, MS, HEM, sat before her laptop and clicked open a file. At first, it didn't seem like much. Just one of a dozen medical supplies purchasing ...

Inhaled anesthetics punch well above their weight when it comes to generating greenhouse gases, so the specialty of anesthesiology has been trying to reduce its reliance on the most egregious of these ...