Wcn24-1926 Carbon Footprint of Patient Travel for Kidney Care in British Columbia

Hemodialysis (HD) is an environmentally intensive kidney replacement therapy, with 3960kg CO2 yearly greenhouse gas emissions per patient in British Columbia (BC). Patient transportation to in-centre (IC) and satellite units is significant; Australian and American programs describe 5.8% and 28.3% respectively of total dialysis CO2 emissions from patient travel alone. Our project aims: i)To quantify provincial driving distances and associated CO2 emissions for patient travel to dialysis therapies per treatment and per year ii)To compare per treatment and per year travel distances and CO2 emissions for IC vs.