Perspectives and awareness of environmental sustainability in the infection prevention and control community nationally

Abarna Pearl; Dana E Pepe; Preeti Mehrotra

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.439

Perspectives and awareness of environmental sustainability in the infection prevention and control community nationally

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 7;4(1):e165. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.439. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Abarna Pearl^{1

2}, Dana E Pepe^{1

2}, Preeti Mehrotra^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
² Division of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

Abstract

In this survey of infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals, we gauged knowledge, attitudes and institutional practices related to environmental sustainability and IPC. Overall, IPC professionals have not yet universally adopted measures to promote environmental sustainability. More research is needed around environmentally sustainable efforts that preserve patient safety in IPC.