But this OR, inside a renovated area at Boston Medical Center , is about as climate friendly as they come. BMC says the renovation has helped it draw 70% less energy from the grid, starting in 2012.
"Desflurane has a higher carbon footprint," says Dr. Mauricio Gonzalez, BMC's vice chair for clinical affairs."It’s a bigger greenhouse gas than the other anesthetics."is so carbon intensive that giving it to Kee for this two-hour surgery would be like driving 756 miles as compared to 16 miles with an equivalent dose of sevoflurane. And at BMC, the CO2 Kee exhales will be captured inside a canister system the hospital began using in 2018.
"Anything that rips goes in there," says nurse Polly Woodworth, one of BMC's most vigilant recyclers, as she tosses the back of a sterile tubing package into a large green trash bag. Surgeon Doug Jones looks for ways to prop up Kee's left shoulder and create better access to his neck. He can't get the right angle and calls for a blanket or towel. A dozen towels sit on a table about 10 feet away. All arrived in this OR wrapped in a sterile polypropylene fabric often called"blue wrap." BMC can't find anyone who will recycle it so the hospital tosses 13 tons a year.
As the x-ray images of Kee's skull and collarbone appear on two large screens, Jones asks someone to dim the room's 40 lights. BMC has converted all hospital lighting to LED bulbs, which are between 50-80% more efficient, and it has installed sensors that turn off lights in any unoccupied hallway or room.
BMC aims to make similar repairs to an ailing planet. Senior Vice President of Facilities Bob Biggio is one of the masterminds behind the hospital’s climate focused renovations.
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commonhealth Just in time for all the drivers we'll be get in ny and nj. I love it.
commonhealth Energy consumption is an issue. What about the VAST amounts of waste produced well before anything gets contaminated with biological material. Healthcare industry is filthy with single use plastic abuse.
commonhealth I just love how geenhouse gas is the new metric for righteousness in our culture 🙄🙄🙄🙄
commonhealth This article is about ‘Les energy in an OR’ but only has one paragraph on how it’s done clickbait betcha didn’t talk to one engineer about it
commonhealth Waste in hospitals comes directly from leftists sycophants who are allowed to run them.
commonhealth More nonsense.
commonhealth No thank you. I want operating rooms focused on one thing... and it's not lowering greenhouse gas emissions.