Climate Change: Parenteral Nutrition and the Environment

Electricity Consumption:

• Additional refrigerator to store TPN and additives.........345 kwh/y
• Additional electricity used to occupy the time while infusing (lights/lamps/TV)..................................................... 142 kwh/y
• Electricity consumed by FloGard Pump........................139 kwh/y

Increase in Garbage at the curb.....................................+ 20 %/wk

Increase in Automotive Exhaust:

• Deliveries...idling in driveway...3.25min/month...157 g CO₂*/month
• Trips to MUMC....avg fuel econ. 12L/100 km....23.04 kg CO₂*/ trip
• There is some additional CO ₂ generated through VON nursing visits, but this is not measurable, since the nurse would be completing home visits anyway, and does not regularly idle in the driveway. Same goes for the company that picks up the Sharps containers.

Increase in Household water consumption:

• Baths instead of showers.................................................53% more water used per bath
• Increase in Wastewater/Flush.......................................13 Lpf

*Based on information available at OEE

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