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Greener anesthesia halves operating room emissions and cuts costs
Original: Greener anesthesia cuts operating room emissions in half, slashes anesthetic costs nearly 40%
A shift to greener anesthesia practices has cut operating room emissions by half while reducing anesthetic drug costs by nearly 40 percent, according to a report highlighted by Medical Xpress. The findings suggest hospitals can lower their environmental footprint without raising expenses, with more environmentally harmful inhaled anesthetics being replaced by cleaner alternatives.
Why now: Hospitals and clinicians are increasingly focused on reducing healthcare's significant carbon footprint, and these results show a simple cost-saving way to do it.
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- Greener anesthesia cuts operating room emissions in half, slashes anesthetic costs nearly 40% · Medical Xpress
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