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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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A Review on Medical Waste Management: Treatment, Recycling, and Disposal Options
Environments, 2022 Many nations struggle with the collection, separation, and disposal of medical waste. However, extra caution is required to avoid the risk of injury, cross-contamination, and infection; thus, healthcare workers and individuals responsible for waste ...
Mustafa Attrah +3 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created a global medical emergency. The unforeseen occurrence of a pandemic of this magnitude has resulted in overwhelming levels of medical waste and raises questions about management and disposal practices, and ...
Lynda Andeobu, S. Wibowo, S. Grandhi
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Sustainable waste management of medical waste in African developing countries: A narrative review
Waste Management Research, 2021 Africa is the second populous continent, and its population has the fastest growing rate. Some African countries are still plagued by poverty, poor sanitary conditions and limited resources, such as clean drinking water, food supply, electricity, and ...
Jade Megan Chisholm +6 more
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Mathematics, 2022 Predicting medical waste (MW) properly is vital for an effective waste management system (WMS), but it is difficult because of inadequate data and various factors that impact MW. This study’s primary objective was to develop an ensemble voting regression
B. Erdebilli, Burcu Devrim-İçtenbaş
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Viable medical waste chain network design by considering risk and robustness
Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021 Medical waste management (MWM) is an important and necessary problem in the COVID-19 situation for treatment staff. When the number of infectious patients grows up, the amount of MWMs increases day by day.
Reza Lotfi +3 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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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. +6 more
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Evaluation of waste knowledge levels of staff and students working in a school of dentistry, in Van, Turkey, in 2019 [PDF]
Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2020 BACKGROUND AND AIM: Various types of harmful wastes, which may or may not be contaminated with body fluids, result from health care services. When dental clinics are improperly managed, various environmentally hazardous wastes emerge.
Levent Cigerim, Volkan Kaplan
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Prinsip Kehati-Hatian Dalam Pengelolaan Limbah Medis Untuk Mewujudkan Kehidupan Yang Berkelanjutan
DiH, 2023 The purpose of this research is to find out about medical waste management under the precautionary principle. This study uses a normative research method based on a review of literature and regulations or public policies to discuss issues. The novelty of
Nuril Hikam Efendi +2 more
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