Introduction

Day 1 – Introduction to Climate Change and Health 101 and how Health care contributes to climate change

Day 2 – How do anesthetics contribute to global warming? Learning the physics and chemistry of anesthetics in clinical settings

Day 3 – Role of Single use devices, Pharmaceutical waste and emerging technologies to address anesthesia green house gas emissions

Day 4 – Surgical approach and waste generation in OR

Day 5-Challenges with Plastic recycling?

Day 7 -Comparing Apples to Apples- US health care vs National health services of UK carbon footprint.

Day 8 – Greening Anesthesia at Stanford Health Care – Tracking Our Progress and Footprint

Day 9 – Utilizing 6R Model for sustainable health care -Remove/Reduce/Replace strategy for reducing waste

Day 10 – Utilizing 6R Model for sustainable health care -Remove/Reduce/Replace strategy for reducing waste

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