title: Greening critical care.
abstract: Climate change and environmental stewardship are phrases that have been defining the past few decades and promoting change in our societies. The sensitivities of intensive care as a specialty make the process of greening an intensive care unit a challenge, but not one that is insurmountable. This paper discusses opportunities for critical care to reduce its environmental impact and provide a framework change. The article includes suggestions of what can be done as an individual, as a unit and as a hospital. Generally, practices in critical care are accepted without questioning the environmental consequences. We believe it is time for change, and critical care should give environmental stewardship a higher priority.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Rm D108, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5. martin.chapman@sunnybrook.ca
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chapman
mesh_terms: D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D059027:Recycling
chemical_list: D017744:Medical Waste Disposal