Medical waste including hazardous waste
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018 Introduction and purpose of the work. Medical waste is a special type of waste generated as a result of conducting exceptional activities (related to, among others, saving human life) or related to a specific place (eg a hospital).
Agata Anna Salwa
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Circular economy of medical waste: novel intelligent medical waste management framework based on extension linear Diophantine fuzzy FDOSM and neural network approach. [PDF]
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2023 Environmental pollution has been a major concern for researchers and policymakers. A number of studies have been conducted to enquire the causes of environmental pollution which suggested numerous policies and techniques as remedial measures.
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A fuzzy sustainable model for COVID-19 medical waste supply chain network [PDF]
Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, 2023 The COVID-19 has placed pandemic modeling at the forefront of the whole world’s public policymaking. Nonetheless, forecasting and modeling the COVID-19 medical waste with a detoxification center of the COVID-19 medical wastes remains a challenge.
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Healthcare Workers' Knowledge about the Segregation Process of Infectious Medical Waste Management in a Hospital. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2023 Any hospital’s primary goal is to restore human health and save lives through health services provided to patients, but at the same time, hazardous wastes are produced. Inconsistent management of unsafe wastes might cause adverse effects and other issues
Miamiliotis AS, Talias MA.
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An innovative medical waste management system in a smart city using XAI and vehicle routing optimization. [PDF]
F1000Res, 2023 Background The management of medical waste is a complex task that necessitates effective strategies to mitigate health risks, comply with regulations, and minimize environmental impact.
Boudanga Z, Benhadou S, Medromi H.
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Effective Medical Waste Management for Sustainable Green Healthcare. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 This study examines the importance of medical waste management activities for developing a sustainable green healthcare environment. This study applied a multiple methodological approach as follows.
Lee SM, Lee D.
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An atmospheric microwave plasma-based distributed system for medical waste treatment. [PDF]
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2023 Inadequate handling of infectious medical waste may promote the spread of the virus through secondary transmission during the transfer process. Microwave plasma, an ease-of-use, device-compact, and pollution-free technology, enables the on-site disposal ...
Jie Z, Liu C, Xia D, Zhang G.
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Does medical waste research during COVID-19 meet the challenge induced by the pandemic to waste management? [PDF]
Waste Manag Res, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented amount of medical waste, presenting significant challenges for the safe disposal of hazardous waste.
Wang Q, Zhang M, Li R.
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Improper disposal of medical waste costs health systems and the environment. [PDF]
CMAJ, 2023 Duong D.
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