Estimating the carbon emissions from a resource-limited surgical suite in Papua New Guinea: The climate change potential

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'The upscale of surgical service delivery in low to middle income countries will increase health sector greenhouse gas emissions globally. Understanding surgical greenhouse gas emissions from surgical suite activities can direct decarbonization strategies and achieve local, and global climate change objectives.'

Highlights

• The main carbon emission from surgical suites were scope one anesthetic gas emissions.
• Green house gas protocol is used to calculate and report carbon emissions from surgical suites.
• Climate change affects the western pacific region.
• Surgical suites in the western pacific region contributes to carbon emissions globally.