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Infectious medical waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic in public hospitals of West Guji zone, southern Ethiopia

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2022
Introduction: COVID-19 has swept through the world in a very short period; large volumes of medical waste are being generated in response to the pandemic.
Hailu Lemma, Lechisa Asefa, Tesfaye Gemeda, Degefa Dhengesu   +3 more
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“We Are Already Sick”: Infectious Waste Management and Inequality in the Time of Covid-19, a Reflection from Blantyre, Malawi

Worldwide Waste, 2020
The efficient and sanitary management of infectious waste is an essential part of the humanitarian response to any disaster, including the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Elizabeth Tilley, Marc Kalina
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Situation Analysis of Infectious Hazardous Waste Management from the Community During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

Soepra: Jurnal Hukum Kesehatan, 2022
: The increasing anticipation of the public in using disposable masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, was not followed by proper waste management efforts.
Monica Djaja Saputera, A. Joko Purwoko, Edward Kurnia Sanusi   +2 more
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Quantitative and qualitative analysis of dental clinics waste in Zabol city, Iran

Data in Brief, 2018
Dental clinics are one of the sources of waste production that are important due to producing infectious and potentially infectious waste, chemical and pharmaceutical waste, and toxic waste.
Gholam Reza Ebrahimzadeh, Samira Norzaee, Babak Djahed, Ebrahim Enayat, Yadolah Fakhri, Mahmoud Taghavi   +5 more
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Quantity and composition of produced dental solid waste in Isfahan, 2011

International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering, 2014
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the composition of dental waste coming from six dental health services in Isfahan, Iran. Materials and Methods: From 45 public dental clinics in Isfahan, six public dental health services were selected (
Amir Hossein Nafez, Afshin Ebrahimi, Mehdi Hajian Nejad, Bijan Bina   +3 more
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Bio-Medical Waste Managment in a Tertiary Care Hospital: An Overview [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Bio-Medical Waste (BMW) management is of utmost importance as its improper management poses serious threat to health care workers, waste handlers, patients, care givers, community and finally the environment.
Anita Pandey, Sanjiv Ahuja, Molly Madan, Ajay Kumar Asthana   +3 more
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Decontaminating infectious laboratory waste by autoclaving [PDF]

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1982
The temperature profile of infectious laboratory waste being autoclaved was examined relative to the type of containers used in the process. A standardized waste load (1,750 +/- 4 g) placed in the container was evaluated by using a direct readout thermocouple. The sensor of the thermocouple was placed within an unused and outdated agar plate, centrally
J L, Lauer, D R, Battles, D, Vesley
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Generation and management of medical waste in Serbia: A review [PDF]

Tehnika, 2016
This study presents generation, quantities and medical waste (MW) management in Serbia. It represents assessment methods and total annual MW generation by categories.
Šerović Radmila M., Jelić Ivana V., Antonijević Dragi Lj., Adžemović Mesud R., Vujović Zoran R., Jovanović Verica S., Matić Branislava I.   +6 more
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The effects of perceptions of environmental health risk and environmental risk on sustainable infectious waste management behaviours among citizens in Bangkok, Thailand

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
This study aims to examine how people's perceived characteristics of environmental risks and environmental health risks, as associated with COVID-19 infectious waste problems, affect their participation in sustainable infectious waste management ...
Piyapong Janmaimool, Jaruwan Chontanawat, Surapong Chudech   +2 more
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Generation and Proportion Assessment of Hospitals Infectious Waste in Bandung Region Indonesia

E3S Web of Conferences, 2018
The accurate information about generation quantities of waste generated is a fundamental prerequisite for the successful implementation of any infectious waste management plan.
Novi Fitria, Enri Damanhuri, Indah Rachmatiah Siti Salami, Venny Ulya Bunga, Yati Supriatin   +4 more
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