[Fighting global warming in the operating room]

Abstract

At the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital group (AP-HP, Paris), the central operating room teams embarked, in 2017, on a project to reduce the ecological impact of the procedures performed there. The results are convincing: reduction of the carbon footprint of anesthetic gases, reduction of waste and improvement of its sorting, recycling of metals. The project has spread to the other operating rooms in the hospital group, with strong support from professionals.

Keywords: bloc opératoire; déchet de soins; développement durable; gaz à effet de serre; greenhouse gases; healthcare waste; operating room; recyclage; recycling; sustainable development.