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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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Wasted medications, wasted resource [PDF]
Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada, 2013 In Canada, almost anything can be recycled; however, medication is not currently recycled in community practice. For many years, US hospitals in some states have taken unused medication and redispensed it without an issue.1 In 2010, Canadians spent $31.1 billion on drugs.2 It is estimated that 3% to 7% of medications intended for patients goes unused ...
Jeffry, Tchen +2 more
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A Blockchain-Based Solution for Mitigating Overproduction and Underconsumption of Medical Supplies
IEEE Access, 2022 Billions of dollars lost has been recorded over the past decade due to the overproduction and underconsumption of medical supplies. The overproducation and underconsumption are usually due to the lack of accountability, transparency, traceability, audit,
Diana Hawashin +4 more
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Hospital waste incinerator ash: characteristics, treatment techniques, and applications (A review)
Journal of Water and Health, 2023 The amount of medical waste generated has increased enormously since the COVID-19 outbreak. An incineration process is the main method that is usually used to treat this waste, causing an increase in both medical waste bottom ash (MWBA) and medical waste
Nuseibah Abd Alhameed El-Amaireh +2 more
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Selection of the optimal medical waste incineration facility location: A challenge of medical waste risk management [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022 Background/Aim. Among the other challenges of the 21st century, medical waste (MW) has become an arising problem for both the environment and people because of its increasing amount, variety, and complexity.
Stanojević Kristina +5 more
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Ranking of hospital waste management criteria using multi-criteria decision-making approach in selected hospitals [PDF]
فصلنامه ابن سینا, 2023 Background and aims: Improper management of hospital waste has become a major concern in many developing countries. The present study was conducted with the aim of ranking the health-environmental and management criteria of hospital waste using the multi-
Mohammad Hassan Golrayhan +3 more
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Resources, 2020 One of the social measures applied during the COVID-19 pandemic has been the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)—face masks and gloves. As a result, this waste category has expanded enormously.
Piotr Nowakowski +4 more
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TREATED MEDICAL WASTES CONCRETE
Proceedings of International Structural Engineering and Construction, 2022 Medical wastes are hazardous, toxic and even lethal because of their high potential for disease transmission. The incineration process is the main treatment of medical wastes, relieving the products of incineration process still causes environmental pollution.
Nassef, Ahmad Salah Edeen +4 more
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Medical Waste Management and Minimization Efforts at Public Hospital. Case Study: Public Hospital in East Jakarta, Indonesia [PDF]
, 2015 Medical waste is classified as hazardous waste and toxic materials. Equipped with various health facilities and visited by 1,267 people/day and occupancy rate is 68 percent in 2011, Public Hospital in East Jakarta generates a large number of medical ...
Kusnoputranto, H. (Haryoto) +1 more
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