P-1875. Building Sustainabil-ID: Advancing a New Field of Environmental Stewardship in Infectious Diseases
Shreya Doshi, Preeti Jaggi

TL;DR
This paper introduces Sustainabil-ID, a new field in infectious diseases focused on reducing healthcare's greenhouse gas emissions through sustainability efforts led by ID professionals.
Contribution
The paper introduces Sustainabil-ID, a formalized collaborative model integrating sustainability into infectious diseases through four pathways: research, quality improvement, advocacy, and education.
Findings
Sustainabil-ID has grown to over 260 members with monthly meetings and outputs including peer-reviewed publications on antimicrobial waste and sustainability.
The group became a formal PIDS subcommittee in 2025 and plans to present at five national conferences in 2025.
Key strategies discussed include IV-to-oral conversions, reducing anti-infective waste, and greening labs.
Abstract
Healthcare contributes 8.5% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe).Infectious diseases (ID) professionals are uniquely positioned to lead environmental sustainability efforts given collaborative and leadership roles. Sustainabil-ID (Sustainability in ID) is a research collaborative that was launched to formalize this emerging field.Different Pathways to Sustainability in IDDifferent Pathways to Sustainability in IDTable 1:Key Articles on Healthcare Sustainability in Infectious DiseasesTable 1: Key Articles on Healthcare Sustainability in Infectious Diseases ( not an all inclusive list) Different Pathways to Sustainability in ID Different Pathways to Sustainability in ID Key Articles on Healthcare Sustainability in Infectious Diseases Table 1: Key Articles on Healthcare Sustainability in Infectious Diseases ( not an all inclusive list) We convened a multidisciplinary group of ID…
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Taxonomy
TopicsZoonotic diseases and public health · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Healthcare Facilities Design and Sustainability
