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Carbon emissions and hospital pathology stewardship: a retrospective cohort analysis

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Background

Reduction in unnecessary hospital pathology collections in one Australia hospital produced both carbon emission and cost savings. Pathology stewardship warrants further study as a potentially scalable, cost-effective, and incentivising pathway to lowering healthcare-associated greenhouse gas emissions.

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About the author(s):

Douglas Fischer
Douglas Fischer

Douglas Fischer is the executive director of Environmental Health Sciences, which publishes EHN.org.

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