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01/19/23 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - Going Green: Environmental Impact of Anesthesiology

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Explain the basics of environmental science including global warming and the ozone layer
  • Evaluate the impacts of inhalational anesthetics and operating room waste on the environment
  • Identify mitigation strategies to minimize the environmental impacts of anesthesia within their own practice

Joint Accreditation Statement -Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements: & Suggested Additional Reading:

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.


Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Axelrod et al. Greening the Operating Room and Perioperative Arena: Environmental Sustainability for Anesthesia Practice. American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Environmental Sustainability. 2017. Available online at: https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/governance-and-committees/asa-committees/environmental-sustainability/greening-the-operating-room 
  2. Romanello M et al. The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Health at the Mercy of Fossil Fuels. Lancet. 2022; 400(10363):1619-1654.
  3. Devlin-Hegedus JA, McGain F, Harris RD, Sherman JD. Action Guidance for Addressing Pollution from Inhalational Anaesthetics. Anaesthesia. 2022; 77(9):1023-1029.

Authors:
Garrett W. Burnett, MD — Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.