Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Climate change is a significant threat to human health, and surgical care is a major contributor to the carbon footprint of hospital medicine. There is wide variation in perioperative group and save (G&S) blood testing that lacks an evidence base. Eliminating low-value clinical investigations in surgical pathways such as the G&S could lead to significant carbon and cost savings. METHODS: e) of a single G&S was calculated using a bottom-up approach. RESULTS: e per year, the equivalent of 24,000 miles in a passenger vehicle. CONCLUSIONS: Transfusion requirements vary significantly for different operation types. Guidelines surrounding perioperative G&S testing should reflect this, which could save avoidable carbon emissions, cost and resources.
Authors: AV Robinson, O Moses, JA Bass, V Pegna
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4411283227