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 ...

Dr. Peggy Allen is a pediatric anesthesiologist and the anesthesiology sustainability program director at Akron Children's Hospital. The hospital has reached Stage 7 on the HIMSS Electronic Medical ...

A new study from the University of Nottingham has looked at how the anesthetic gases breathed out by animal patients are released into the atmosphere and contribute to global warming. The study, an ...

Anesthesiologists can play a role in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming by decreasing the amount of anesthetic gas provided during procedures without compromising ...

Healthcare professionals who work in hospitals, operating rooms, dental offices, and veterinary clinics where anesthetic gases are utilized could potentially be exposed to waste anesthetic gases (WAGs ...

Universitätsmedizin Berlin has reduced the annual CO 2 emissions originating from gases used for anesthesia by over 80% since 2018. This reduction in carbon emissions was achieved by using ...

A Washington Democrat hopes to study the impact of medical anesthesia on climate change. The goal is to address the environmental impact of the anesthetic gases used in medical, dental and veterinary ...

Newswise — ROSEMONT, Ill. (AANA)— The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) recently issued its policy considerations addressing the safe and effective disposal of waste anesthetic gases ...

Used anesthetic gases can be simply and safely captured and recycled into new anesthetics, suggests new research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of ...

Anesthesiologists can play a role in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming by decreasing the amount of anesthetic gas provided during procedures without compromising ...