Anaesthetic pollutants.

Since 2020, the Clinique Juge has been involved in a CSR approach and continues to develop new commitments, particularly with regard to the environment. Following the complete reorganisation of its waste management, the establishment has focused on its production of greenhouse gases and their effects on global warming.

In early 2023, the CSR committee studied the effect of the gases used in anaesthesia, in particular when drawing up its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Balance (BEGES).

During an operation, it is estimated that 95% of the gases used are released unchanged into the atmosphere, with the patient metabolising only a tiny proportion of them.

To help prevent global warming, the CSR committee has proposed that the operating theatre stop using nitrous oxide and desflurane, the gases used in anaesthesia.

Nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG) with a global warming potential (GWP) over 100 years that is 310 times greater than an equivalent mass of carbon dioxide.

Among halogenated gases, Desflurane is the one with the highest greenhouse gas potential: one hour of anaesthesia under Desflurane is equivalent to driving a car 300 km, according to a study by the SFAR.

In February 2023, the clinic's anaesthetists made a commitment, alongside the CSR Committee, to stop using nitrous oxide and desflurane in the operating theatre.

This general commitment is helping to reduce the Clinique Juge's carbon footprint.

This is a promising collective effort to continue the process in the operating theatre.