Joël Lacroute & Juliette Marcantoni on "The carbon footprint of ambulatory gastrointestinal ..."

Joël Lacroute & Juliette Marcantoni on "The carbon footprint of ambulatory gastrointestinal endoscopy"
Data on the environmental impact of endoscopic procedures are lacking. This is the first study to report on the total carbon footprint of an endoscopic procedure. Using a retrospective design and annual data from an ambulatory center, the authors report a carbon footprint of 28.4 kgCO2e per endoscopy. Interestingly, travel of staff and patients contributed 45% to the total emissions. The study also points to current challenges with this type of investigation and the lack of standardized reporting in this growing field of environmental impact analyses in endoscopy.
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Joël Lacroute, Juliette Marcantoni, Stéphane Petitot et al. The carbon footprint of ambulatory gastrointestinal endoscopy
Endoscopy 2023; 55: 918-926 DOI 10.1055/a-2088-4062 ISSN 0013-726X © 2023. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License