“Green” operating room. Can we and should we have a real impact on the environment?
As surgeons we must ask ourselves three questions: • Is climate change and its impact on the environment a reality? • What responsibility do we have as surgeons to act and mitigate and reverse this impact? • What strategies can we implement to achieve this?
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Asociación Colombiana de Cirugía
2023-07-01
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| author | Jaime Escallón |
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As surgeons we must ask ourselves three questions:
• Is climate change and its impact on the environment a reality?
• What responsibility do we have as surgeons to act and mitigate and reverse this impact?
• What strategies can we implement to achieve this?
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a1a2337e0e84f51a7ffbf9389c229872023-12-06T16:38:15ZengAsociación Colombiana de CirugíaRevista Colombiana de Cirugía2011-75822619-61072023-07-0138410.30944/20117582.2435“Green” operating room. Can we and should we have a real impact on the environment?Jaime Escallón0Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital; Toronto, ON, Canada. As surgeons we must ask ourselves three questions: • Is climate change and its impact on the environment a reality? • What responsibility do we have as surgeons to act and mitigate and reverse this impact? • What strategies can we implement to achieve this? https://www.revistacirugia.org/index.php/cirugia/article/view/2435cambio climáticoambientequirófanosinstrumentos quirúrgicosequipos desechableseliminación de residuos sanitarios |
| spellingShingle | Jaime Escallón “Green” operating room. Can we and should we have a real impact on the environment? Revista Colombiana de Cirugía cambio climático ambiente quirófanos instrumentos quirúrgicos equipos desechables eliminación de residuos sanitarios |
| title | “Green” operating room. Can we and should we have a real impact on the environment? |
| title_full | “Green” operating room. Can we and should we have a real impact on the environment? |
| title_fullStr | “Green” operating room. Can we and should we have a real impact on the environment? |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Green” operating room. Can we and should we have a real impact on the environment? |
| title_short | “Green” operating room. Can we and should we have a real impact on the environment? |
| title_sort | green operating room can we and should we have a real impact on the environment |
| topic | cambio climático ambiente quirófanos instrumentos quirúrgicos equipos desechables eliminación de residuos sanitarios |
| url | https://www.revistacirugia.org/index.php/cirugia/article/view/2435 |
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