Programme Tuesday 4 July 2023

Prof. dr. Frank-Willem Jansen

Due to the signed agreement of the Green Deal 2.0 by care providers, Hospitals have to implement their appointment to reduce their CO2 footprint to a neutral level in 2050. The OR is one of the most polluting areas in Hospitals. How to get a CO2 reduction in the OR and minimize its other pollution (volatile anaesthetics, use of plastic, harmful production processes)? What are the technical challenges. To measure is to know.

Dr. Ir. Anne van der Eijk, Manager OR-center & CSSD, LUMC

Although health care aims to protect and improve health it also contributes significantly to the climate crisis. Health care is responsible for 7% of the Dutch carbon footprint. In this presentation we give an overview of our projects in the OR&CSSD to become more sustainable.

Drs. Hans Friedericy, Anesthesiologist, LUMC

Sustainability in an operating room should include reducing waste, reducing wastage, saving energy and preventing greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere. Replacing disposables with reusables and thus striving for circularity. Saving energy by looking critically at air handling systems to make sure they do not give unnecessarily high quality clean air and are not on when no one is working in the OR. Furthermore, many disposables are used based on strict hospital hygiene protocols, the question is whether this outweighs the financial and environmental impact this causes.