A growing number of health systems are moving to end the use of desflurane — a common anesthesia gas that lingers in the atmosphere for more than a decade. Already, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health have stopped using the gas, according to a May 7 report from The Philadelphia Inquirer. Virtua is increasingly moving away from all types of inhaled anesthetics and encouraging physicians to opt for IV-delivered drugs to limit greenhouse gas emissions further.

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