 This study found that 76% of patients admitted with uncomplicated acute surgical conditions had unnecessary blood work performed, resulting in a total of 18.5 mL of blood loss, 16.5 tests, and 4.4 vials of blood. Additionally, this study showed that the hospital and environmental cost of these unnecessary activities was 0,00 and 61 kg CO2E, respectively. Furthermore, the carbon footprint of a common set of investigations, complete blood count, differential, creatinine, urea, sodium, potassium, was 332 gCO2E, while adding a liver panel, liver enzymes, bilirubin, albumin, international normalized ratio, partial thromboplastin time, resulted in an additional 462 gCO2E. Overall, this study demonstrates the need for improved quality control in order to reduce unnecessary care in general surgery in patients. This article was authored by Andrea J. McNeill, Robert Lely White, Pena Spoilo, and others. We are article.tv, links in the description below.