Healthcare waste characteristics and management in Kumasi, Ghana
Scientific African, 2021 The healthcare waste management in developing countries has shortfalls compared with international best practices. The main purpose of this study was to assess the generation rate, composition and practices of healthcare waste management (HWM) in Kumasi,
Sampson Oduro-Kwarteng +2 more
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The three numbers you need to know about healthcare: the 60-30-10 Challenge [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Healthcare represents a paradox. While change is everywhere, performance has flatlined: 60% of care on average is in line with evidence- or consensus-based guidelines, 30% is some form of waste or of low value, and 10% is harm.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey +2 more
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Life Cycle Assessment of Medical Waste Management: Case Study for Istanbul
Applied SciencesThe amount of medical waste is anticipated to increase significantly with population growth. Ineffective medical waste management has resulted in adverse impacts on environmental and human health.
Ender Çetin +3 more
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Practitioner Perceptions of the A3 Method for Process Improvement in Health Care [PDF]
, 2010 The focus of this article is to present students’ perceptions of the recently developed A3 method, a structured problem-solving approach based on lean concepts and tools that have been adapted to the health care environment.
Visich, John K. +2 more
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KNOWLEDGE OF HOSPITAL WASTE, AND SAFE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL, NORTHWEST NIGERIA [PDF]
Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 Background: Management of healthcare waste (HCW) has continued to generate increasing public health interest due to the health problems associated with exposure of human beings to wastes, arising from healthcare services.
Gajida AU +6 more
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A multi-faceted approach to optimising a complex unplanned healthcare system [PDF]
, 2012 Unscheduled and urgent health care represents the largest area of activity and cost for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Like typical complex systems unplanned care has the features of interdependence and having structures at different scales ...
Kagioglou, M +3 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The Ile181Asn variant of human UDP‐xylose synthase (hUXS1), associated with a short‐stature genetic syndrome, has previously been reported as inactive. Our findings demonstrate that Ile181Asn‐hUXS1 retains catalytic activity similar to the wild‐type but exhibits reduced stability, a looser oligomeric state, and an increased tendency to precipitate ...
Tuo Li +2 more
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Perceived risk and associated factors of healthcare waste in selected hospitals of Kathmandu, Nepal.
PLoS ONE, 2020 BackgroundHealthcare waste management is the subject of a neglected issue in many developing countries. Health care facilities are facing a major challenge in handling healthcare wastes and reducing their potential risks to human health and the ...
Sulata Karki +2 more
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Geographic Variation and Health Care Cost Growth: Research to Inform a Complex Diagnosis [PDF]
, 2009 Summarizes preliminary findings and discussions from RWJF's Changes in Health Care Financing Organization initiative about the drivers of healthcare costs across states, including sector-specific factors, technology, chronic illness, and ...
Jenny Minott
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Functional and Structural Evidence of Neurofluid Circuit Aberrations in Huntington Disease
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Disrupted neurofluid regulation may contribute to neurodegeneration in Huntington disease (HD). Because neurofluid pathways influence waste clearance, inflammation, and the distribution of central nervous system (CNS)–delivered therapeutics, understanding their dysfunction is increasingly important as targeted treatments emerge.
Kilian Hett +8 more
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