Healthcare waste management in the Tamale Central Hospital, northern Ghana. An assessment before the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana [PDF]
Environmental Challenges, 2021 Healthcare waste (HCW) poses several environmental and public health challenges. However, much attention has not been given to its management. The present study sought to assess the healthcare waste management (HCWM) practices in the Tamale Central ...
Samuel Kojo Abanyie +4 more
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Medical waste: the dark side of healthcare [PDF]
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2020 Hospitals and other health facilities generate an ever-increasing amount of waste, approximately 15% of which may be infectious, toxic, or radioactive. The World Health Organization has been addressing the issue since the 1980s.
Iris Borowy
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Healthcare Waste-A Serious Problem for Global Health. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2023 Healthcare waste (HCW) is generated in different healthcare facilities (HCFs), such as hospitals, laboratories, veterinary clinics, research centres and nursing homes. It has been assessed that the majority of medical waste does not pose a risk to humans.
Janik-Karpinska E +6 more
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Healthcare Waste Toxicity: From Human Exposure to Toxic Mechanisms and Management Strategies [PDF]
Journal of XenobioticsHealthcare waste (HCW) represents a growing yet frequently underestimated threat to public health, due to its complex toxicological profile. Exposure to HCW has been associated with a broad spectrum of adverse effects, including infections of bacterial ...
Ilie Cirstea +4 more
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Knowledge, perceptions and practices on healthcare waste management and associated occupational health hazards among healthcare professionals in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundProper Healthcare Waste (HW) management is directly influenced by the knowledge and attitudes of Healthcare Professionals (HCP). However, studies that characterize the knowledge and practices of HCP on HW management are limited in Sri Lanka ...
Lahiru Udayanga +4 more
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Healthcare Waste Management in Nigeria: A Review
Recycling, 2022 Healthcare waste management has become an important aspect of medical care delivery globally. This is simply because of its hazardous and infectious components that have greater potential for adverse health and environmental impacts.
Obiora B. Ezeudu +6 more
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Healthcare waste management practices and associated factors among healthcare workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONEIntroductionInadequate management of healthcare waste present significant health hazards to healthcare workers, patients, waste handlers, and the whole communities, especially in developing countries.
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Assessment of healthcare waste management practices and associated factors in Addis Ababa City Administration Public Health Facilities. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 BackgroundHealthcare waste management is very important due to its hazardous nature that can cause risk to human health and the environment. In developing countries, healthcare waste has not received much attention and has been disposed of together with ...
Menelik Legesse Tadesse +1 more
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Healthcare Waste Management Practices and Associated Factors in Private Clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [PDF]
Environmental Health Insights, 2022 Background: Healthcare waste management requires special attention and every healthcare teams should be involved in handling of wastes at point of generation.
Berhanu Wassie +3 more
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Healthcare waste management practice and associated factors among health workers of public health centers in Adama City, Southern central Ethiopia, 2024: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHealthcare wastes are among the most hazardous wastes worldwide. If not properly managed, healthcare waste can have severe effects on human health and the environment.
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