EcoRxChoice.com- an SIDP-funded calculator integrating environmental metrics with antimicrobial stewardship.

Authors

Pamela S Lee, Hugh Gordon, Theresa Ferguson, Tien Dinh, Misty Vu, Marina Nguyen, Chaynor Hsiao, Gary Fong

Published in

Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE. Volume 6. Issue 1. Pages e199. Epub Jul 06, 2026.

Abstract

Healthcare sustainability is a multidisciplinary field that seeks to mitigate healthcare's environmental consequences. Antimicrobial stewardship and healthcare sustainability both aim to reduce wasteful resource use while maximizing patient safety. However, a strong partnership between antimicrobial stewardship and healthcare sustainability has yet to develop. To facilitate environmentally sustainable decision-making in antimicrobial prescribing, we developed a web-based calculator (EcoRxChoice (www.ecorxchoice.com)) where users can enter different antimicrobial regimens and compare how much plastic waste each regimen creates. This work was supported in part by the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP), reflecting SIDP's commitment to strengthening sustainability as a practical extension of antimicrobial stewardship and empowering infectious disease pharmacists to make measurable environmental impact through evidence-based care.

PMID:
42422870
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 09 Jul 2026.

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