Sustainability 101
Direct emissions from healthcare facilities are known as these
What are Scope 1 emissions
The TAHSN Sustainable Health System Community of Practice's sustainable inhalers initiative encourages (where appropriate) the replacement of metered dose inhalers with this type of inhaler
What are dry powder inhalers
This pan-Canadian initiative strives to strengthen the healthcare community's capacity to deliver low-carbon, high-quality care
What is CASCADES
If the global health sector were a country, it would rank as the ____ highest emitter of carbon emissions
What is fifth
In 2021, the Hayek Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon became the first hospital in the world to switch to an exclusively ____ diet
What is plant-based/vegan
This health system is committed to achieving net zero for scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2040
What is the NHS
Approximately one-third of hospital waste is generated here
What is the operating room
This BC-based green prescribing program connects patients with nature
What is PaRx
At this global summit, 50 countries including Canada signed on to a commitment to develop low-carbon health systems
What is COP26
As a category, this is the single largest contributor to the health system's carbon emissions
What is the supply chain (including medicines and medical devices)
This company has a medical device reprocessing program in which single-use medical devices (SUDs) are inspected, cleaned, tested, sterilized and packaged so that they can be clinically and safely used again.
What is Stryker
Health sector emissions can be lowered by addressing the social determinants of health, promoting health, preventing disease, and chronic disease management, because these efforts can result in this.
What is reduced demand for health services
Greenhouse gasses can be converted to this so they can be understood relative to carbon emissions
What is CO2e (equivalent)
This Canadian professional medical society included environmental sustainability guidelines in their 2023 clinical practice guidelines
What is the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
This province was the first to establish a Medical Director of Planetary Health at the regional level in 2021
What is British Columbia