Popular infection prevention myths related to single-use plastics

2026/01/01 by Pamela Lee, Shira R. Abeles, Preeti Mehrotra +5 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Materials Science · #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution #Polymer Science and PVC #Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/ash.2026.10786

openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/07/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

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Citations

• Old Myths, New Myths: Challenging Myths in Public Health
• Chemicals Used in Plastic Materials: An Estimate of the Attributable Disease Burden and Costs in the United States

Discussions

• @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 r [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

Related

• Integrating an industrial hygienist into the infection prevention and control program
• Decreasing single-use plastic within the pneumatic tube system during medication transport
• Implementation of a pilot program of interprofessional education in infection prevention
• Greenhouse gas emissions due to unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions
• Clinically important antimicrobial-resistant bacteria present in publicly accessible locations of a tertiary-care hospital