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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Financial savings (and environmental savings which the paper didn't calculate) from appropriate diagnostic stewardship! The finance case is so important in the current environment

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ASHE Journal @ashejournal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

@sustainabil-id.bsky.social: In an effort to “bust” myths related to IPC and single-use plastics, we surveyed IPC experts regarding their perceptions of common practices that may be considered myths regarding the use of single-use plastics in IPC.

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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health @docsforclimate.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

With the rapid buildout of data centers, communities are facing growing health and environmental concerns. Join our webinar series to learn what’s at stake and how to respond. Register here: psr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @psr.org @apha.org @envirn.bsky.social

Promotional graphic for a new webinar series titled "Data Centers and Health: Understanding the Impacts and Taking Action." The webinar series runs August 5–September 16, 2026, at 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT. The design features an aerial photo of a large data center, a calendar icon, and logos for The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, the American Public Health Association (APHA), and Healthy Climate Wisconsin.

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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) @sheaepi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

In this episode of the ASHE Podcast, Drs. Laurie Lalakea and Radhika Sheth discuss the public health and environmental impacts of non-sterile glove overuse and share practical strategies for building a successful glove stewardship program. Listen here: bit.ly/4bt27qD

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We love all the ID pharmacists @sidpharm.bsky.social. They're integral partners in reducing antimicrobial waste amd mitigating the impact of climate change! We can do this together! 🌍💪

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

🆕💥🟢Position Statement: Integrating Planetary Health into Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare Settings – Toward a Balanced and Evidence-Based Approach #idsky www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🌍Earth Day Special webinar happening this Thursday at 2pm EST! Join sustainabil-id.com if you'd like to attend! #idsky #infectiousdiseases

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

What if we #usegloveswisely? Yes, ofcourse we need gloves, but do we need it for every single encounter? Where do your gloves come from? Were they manufactured in humane conditions? What are the social, financial and environmental factors to consider? #idsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Using gloves wisely: rethinking glove use for health, safety, and environmental sustainability | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology | Cambridge Core

Using gloves wisely: rethinking glove use for health, safety, and environmental sustainability - Volume 6 Issue 1

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

We were invited by the newly formed Planetary Health sub-committee of the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases to talk about how we built www.sustainabil-id.com and all things healthcare sustainability x ID. Excited about this new committee across the globe and happy to support!🌍 #idsky

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Open Forum Infectious Diseases @ofidjournal.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Exploring the vital connection between our planet's health and infectious diseases, our latest collection covers environmental interventions, vector-borne diseases, and antimicrobial resistance. ↪️ bit.ly/3TDizek

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

THE SCARIEST THING ABOUT HALLOWEEN IS THE PLASTIC WASTE. If you're celebrating this year, here are some tricks to cut down on your waste: ✅ DIY costumes ✅ Create a reusable Halloween treat bag ✅ Make decorations out of recyclable and reusable materials ✅ Source some plastic-free treats

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Building Sustainabil-ID together. Sustainabil-id.com is now live. Check it out and join the movement #IDsky

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WebsEdge Medicine @websedgemedicine.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

For ID professionals from underrepresented backgrounds, or niche specialties, finding community can be difficult. Watch as Radhika Sheth & Shreya Doshi join IDWeek TV to share their experiences founding coalitions for their peers. @idweek.bsky.social #IDWeek2025 youtu.be/L9n8O_uY3UE

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Building Communities in ID to Drive Culture Change

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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health @docsforclimate.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

🌡️ Because of climate change, children are experiencing more and more extremely hot days, putting their health, well-being, and development at risk. Learn more in this new resource from @climatecentral.org. #ClimateMatters

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Childhood Heat Risk is Rising | Climate Central

Because of climate change, younger people today are experiencing far more extreme heat during childhood than previous generations did.

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Will you be joining us at 1pm ET today for a evidence-based discussion on use of gowns for respiratory viral illnesses? #sustainability #Infectiousdiseases

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UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program @uwidfellowship.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

“Climate change is driving the spread of chikungunya-carrying mosquitoes in two ways. A warmer, wetter world provides more suitable habitat. And extreme weather events can cause more breeding in floods or displace people, who cluster in areas with poor water” #IDSky www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/h...

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A Debilitating Virus Surges Globally as Mosquitoes Move With Warming Climate

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CMI Communications @cmicomms.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicab... Hosted by Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social Josh Nosanchuk @josh-nosanchuk.bsky.social with invited guest: Arturo Casadevall @acasadevall1.bsky.social (Johns Hopkins University) Listen here: #IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky

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Communicable E31: Climate change and fungal spread

The adaptability of fungi to warmer temperatures is an obvious...

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

This week Sustainabil-ID will have a special guest! Dr. Komal Bajaj Chief Quality Officer and Medical Director of Sustainability at NYC Health+ Hospitals will talk about how to integrate an environmental lens into QI projects on Thursday 5th June, World Environment Day at 1pm EST.

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Dear #InfectiousDiseases community members, April is Earth Month 🌎 and this Thursday April 10th at 1pm EST Preeti Jaggi and I will be presenting at the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society PIDS-SHARPs webinar -

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Shreya Doshi @shreya-pedsid.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia... Calling #IDsky - all ASP and IPC folks to join us at Sustainabil-ID to help mitigate this problem!

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Microplastics contribute to evolution of antimicrobial resistance, study finds

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Lisa Patel, MD @lisapatel.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Anusha Govind from PSR sharing how Hurricane Imelda changed her career trajectory in Texas—she’s been able to integrate #climatechange into their medical education with no pushback. “The question isn’t whether you believe, but whether you understand it.” #OurPlanetOurHealth

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Preeti Jaggi @abxaware.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

You can make a difference to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in healthcare! This supplement made me love being in id even more. ID folks aren’t afraid to take on challenges!

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hi! We are meeting at 1pm today to talk with guests @sethjudson.bsky.social and @bradspellberg.bsky.social about medicine for a changing planet and IV to PO conversion respectively. See you there!

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Plastics have become ubiquitous in healthcare, despite strong evidence that they have concerning direct impacts on human & planetary health at every stage of their life cycle. In this article for @mja.com.au InSight+, DEA member Dr Mitchell Hickson reflects on healthcare's expensive plastic problem.

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What to do with the mountains of plastic waste in health care?

The health care sector is a substantial contributor to the plastic pollution crisis due to

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Learnt so much about the connection between climate, health and HIV as well as carbon footprint of some HIV drugs

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Lisa Patel, MD @lisapatel.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I contributed to this piece from @nytimes.com on #wildfires and #health. This quote from Dr. Afif El-Hasan from American Lung is perfectly said: “Can you imagine how much worse things would be if we hadn’t started cleaning up emissions from our cars?” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/c...

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Far From the Fires, the Deadly Risks of Smoke Are Intensifying

Researchers see a growing health danger from the vast plumes of pollution spawned by wildfires like the ones devastating Los Angeles.

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Lisa Patel, MD @lisapatel.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Wildfires in January is NOT normal. We’re seeing wildfires of worsening frequency, duration and frequency from #climatechange. In addition to the destruction and trauma of displacement, we estimate wildfire smoke to be 10x as toxic as the regular fossil fuel pollution we breathe. #climateaction

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Hi! Sustainabil-ID will be meeting on zoom at 2pm EST tomorrow to discuss 1. Is there a role for healthcare sustainability in HIV care delivery? 2. How to design an IPC project to calculate environmental savings See you there!

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CMI Communications @cmicomms.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

★Just published: #Communicable episode on #climatechange & infections Host Nav Narayanan explores effects on infections & what we can do w/experts @shreya-pedsid.bsky.social (US) & @laurajng.bsky.social (Germany) Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/8cc84f7c #sustainability #AMR #IDSky #MedSky #Clinmicro

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

#IDSky #medsky #pedsIDSky Why don't all medical conferences have a green team/ sustainability team?🤔 It's 2024 and we should evolve. Shout out to #ESPID and #ASTMH

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

3/🦟 Dengue Fever Surge in Latin America & the Caribbean 📊 Impact: 11.5M suspected cases, 4,500+ deaths. 🌡️ Drivers: Climate change & urbanization fuel mosquito breeding. Teaching Point: Integrated vector control strategies 📅 Outlook 2025: Adaptation strategies for climate-driven diseases are key.

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Hardeep Singh MD MPH @hardeepsinghmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

A global plastics crisis linked to climate change, fossil fuels and harm to human health calls for healthcare to transition away from single-use plastics. We outline a sociotechnical system transformation approach across the plastics life cycle #Medsky #plastics jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Health Care Actions for Reducing Plastic Use and Pollution

This Viewpoint proposes a comprehensive sociotechnical approach spanning the entire plastics life cycle to reduce plastic use and pollution in health care.

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Sustainabil-ID (www.sustainabil-id.com) @sustainabil-id.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The younger generation cares deeply about the climate. Healthcare sustainability & expertise in climate change as well as prior multi disciplinary collaborations in hospitals with ASP & IPC makes ID doctors well-suited to be leaders in healthcare sustainability. Could it help w/ recruitment? #IDsky

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Lisa Patel, MD @lisapatel.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I argue in this podcast that although you don't have to drop what you're doing to work on #climatechange, all of us need to adopt a climate lens to our practice to keep our patients safe from what @who.int calls the greatest threat to health this century med.stanford.edu/content/sm/c...

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Stanford Medcast | Stanford CME Podcast

Stanford Medcast is an educational podcast where hot topics in medicine, healthcare, and education is discussed with world leading physicians and scientists.

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Kate Hanneman @katehanneman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Happy to share our latest research on environmentally sustainable radiology @rsnasky.bsky.social 🌎🩻 doi.org/10.1148/radi... We found that short-term exposures to higher ambient temperature and worse PM2.5 air pollution are associated with increased medical imaging utilization

In an analysis of data collected over a 10-year period from four emergency departments, short-term exposures to ambient heat and particulate air pollution were associated with increased utilization of radiography and CT

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