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Liquid fuel oil produced from plastic based medical wastes by thermal cracking. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2021
The present work is an effort to produce liquid fuel oil from plastic based medical wastes through thermal cracking process under oxidizing conditions. The mixed plastics from medical wastes were considered as a feedstock, shredded into small pieces and ...
Rasul SB, Som U, Hossain MS, Rahman MW.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Pyrolysis: An effective technique for degradation of COVID-19 medical wastes.

open access: yesChemosphere, 2021
Dharmaraj S   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Management of Medical Wastes in Public Hospitals: A Case Study [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2023
Background: Medical wastes are one of the health and environmental challenges across the globe. Also, hospitals are one of the most important medical waste generators.Methods: In this study, the quantity and composition of solid wastes generated in 10 ...
Ali Hosseinzadeh   +5 more
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Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Medical Wastes of Shariati Hospital in Tehran [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2023
Background: Given the increasing need for health care and the expansion of various medical facilities in health care centers, it is necessary to determine the adverse effects of subsequent medical wastes.
Najmeh Bayat   +6 more
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Treatment and Disposal of Other Medical Wastes based on Bluetooth and LoRa Wireless IoT

open access: yesInternational Healthcare Review (online), 2022
With the maturity of the Internet of Things technology, medical institutions have established a positioning and sensing wireless IoT platform for the entire medical institution by using technologies such as Bluetooth positioning beacons, LoRa ...
Zhihuan Zhao, Muqing Niu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Wasted medications, wasted resource [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian 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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Assessment of Waste Management in educational hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2013 [PDF]

open access: yesPizhūhish dar Bihdāsht-i Muḥīṭ., 2018
Background and Objectives: Over the last several decades, huge amounts of different kinds of wastes have been produced by human activities and alterations in man’s lifestyle and consumption patterns.
mona tabriziazad   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Health Workers regarding Medical Waste Management in Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, Wakiso District. A Cross-sectional Study.

open access: yesStudent's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2022
Background: The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of health workers regarding medical waste management in Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, Wakiso District.
Hanisha Lwasa Nakawooma   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recycling of medical plastics

open access: yesAdvanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research, 2021
A large amount of non-infected plastic wastes are being generated at the healthcare facilities all over the world. However, only a small fraction is recycled. Conventionally, the used plastics are either disposed in landfills or inadequately incinerated.
Blessy Joseph   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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