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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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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Complexities of nursing in healthcare waste management in hospitals [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de EnfermagemObjectives: to understand how healthcare waste management is developed by nursing professionals in hospitals. Methods: qualitative research, whose theoretical and methodological frameworks were Complexity Theory and Grounded Theory.
Maria José Carvalho Ferreira +5 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 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.
Gete Berihun +6 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.
Derara Workineh Tadesse +2 more
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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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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 current status and potential challenges in Ethiopia: a systematic review [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2019 Objective During the healthcare delivery process, hazardous wastes can be generated from the health facilities. Improper healthcare waste management is responsible for the transmission of more than 30 dangerous bloodborne pathogens.
Teshiwal Deress Yazie +2 more
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Emerging practices of healthcare waste management among private surgeries: A case of the City of Tshwane [PDF]
Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health SciencesBackground: This study presents the emerging practices of healthcare waste (HCW) management prevailing in most private surgeries within the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.
Tshepiso K. Hlako +3 more
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