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1 The impact of surgery on global climate: a carbon footprinting study of operating theatres in three health systems  Andrea J MacNeill, MD, Robert Lillywhite, Prof Carl J Brown, MD  The Lancet Planetary Health  Volume 1, Issue 9, Pages e381-e388 (December 2017) DOI: /S (17) Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 The multiple trajectories of surgical waste from Vancouver General Hospital The Lancet Planetary Health 2017 1, e381-e388DOI: ( /S (17) ) Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Relative contribution of scopes 1, 2, and 3 to the carbon footprint of operating theatres at (A) Vancouver General Hospital, (B) University of Minnesota Medical Center, and (C) John Radcliffe Hospital Anaesthetic gas=scope 1. Energy=scope 2. Supply chain and waste=scope 3. The Lancet Planetary Health 2017 1, e381-e388DOI: ( /S (17) ) Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Terms and Conditions


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