Facilitators and barriers of infectious waste management practice in public and private health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a qualitative phenomenological study [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundManagement of infectious waste is essential to address health risks to healthcare workers, patients, and the public. Healthcare facilities, especially in resource-poor settings, however, face significant challenges in effectively and safely ...
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Study of the economic consequences and phthalate emission caused by centralized and decentralized patterns of infectious waste management [PDF]
HeliyonThe development of health services of hospitals in developing countries has led to a significant increase in the production of infectious waste, which has important economic and environmental consequences.
Nematollah Jaafarzadeh +8 more
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WaSTE: a multicentre audit of waste segregation practices in elective knee and hip arthroplasty [PDF]
Bone & Joint OpenAims: Arthroplasty generates the most waste among the sub-specialties of orthopaedic surgery. Infectious waste generates ten times more CO2 than recycled waste, and over 90% of it is misallocated.
Rohan Prakash +7 more
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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2014 Summary: Background and objectives: Medical waste management is a major concern for healthcare facilities. One important element is the segregation of infectious waste from domestic, non-infectious waste.
Mahbobeh Oroei +4 more
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Hazardous infectious waste collection and government aid distribution during COVID-19: A robust mathematical leader-follower model approach [PDF]
Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 Jaber Valizadeh, Ashkan Hafezalkotob
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Construction, Design and Testing of Infectious Waste Decontamination Device by Mechanical and Chemical Methods, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Sarab, Iran: A Case Study [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2021 Background: The aim of this study was to provide a suitable system for disposal of hospital waste and design and construction of a safe device for infectious waste using a combination of chemical and mechanical methods.
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Survey Quantity and Quality of Solid Waste in Health-Care Centers in South of Tehran [PDF]
محیط زیست و توسعه فرابخشی, 2021 One of the sources of municipal wastes is hospitals and health centers. Currently in Iran, details regarding the quantity and quality of wastes generated in health centers are not available and specialists are facing many unknowns in planning, systematic
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A pilot survey of the U.S. medical waste industry to determine training needs for safely handling highly infectious waste [PDF]
American Journal of Infection Control, 2018 Aurora B Le +2 more
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Assessment and selection of the best treatment alternative for infectious waste by modified Sustainability Assessment of Technologies methodology [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering, 2016 Ata Rafiee +2 more
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Engineering Proceedings, 2023 With the recent increase in the amount of disposed infectious waste due to COVID-19, a growing interest to develop an efficient, economical, and effective infectious waste segregation system has prompted both the health sector and the government.
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