Medical waste from COVID-19 pandemic—a systematic review of management and environmental impacts in Australia

L Andeobu, S Wibowo, S Grandhi - International journal of environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

Medical waste treatment technologies for energy, fuels, and materials production: A review

G Giakoumakis, D Politi, D Sidiras - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The importance of medical waste management has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic
because of the increase in medical waste quantity and the significant dangers of these …

The effect of work safety on organizational social sustainability improvement in the healthcare sector: The case of a public sector hospital in Pakistan

Z Ullah, MABA Sulaiman, SB Ali, N Ahmad… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Social sustainability is the much emphasized organizational phenomenon in Western
literature; however, in emerging economies, its importance has only been realized in the …

Biomedical waste management practices and associated factors among health care workers in the era of the covid-19 pandemic at metropolitan city private hospitals …

G Mitiku, A Admasie, A Birara, W Yalew - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Biomedical waste management is an important precondition to safeguard the
healthcare workers and community members, as well as the environment, from being …

The managerial implications of the key performance indicators in healthcare sector: A cluster analysis

A Burlea-Schiopoiu, K Ferhati - Healthcare, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of the paper is to identify a set of the key performance indicators (KPIs) in order to
provide managers and employees from the healthcare system with recommendations for …

The fault tree analysis of infectious medical waste management

D Makajic-Nikolic, N Petrovic, A Belic, M Rokvic… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
Providing an efficient and reliable system of medical waste management is one of the key
environmental issues not only for health-care institutions but for a wider range of …

Circular economy in conjunction with treatment methodologies in the biomedical and dental waste sectors

M Antoniadou, T Varzakas, I Tzoutzas - Circular Economy and …, 2021 - Springer
In this review, life cycle assessment (LCA) principles are coupled with circular economy (CE)
in order to address LCA examples in the biomedical sector worldwide. The objectives were …

Pharmaceuticals wastage and pharmaceuticals waste management in public health facilities of Dessie town, North East Ethiopia

SA Mohammed, MH Kahissay, AD Hailu - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Pharmaceuticals wastes are drugs and medicines that can no longer be used.
The improper disposal of unused medicines is a growing problem throughout the world. This …

Healthcare waste management practices and associated factors in private clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

B Wassie, B Gintamo, ZN Mekuria… - Environmental Health …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Healthcare waste management requires special attention and every healthcare
teams should be involved in handling of wastes at point of generation. However, less …

Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare workers regarding medical waste management at a tertiary hospital in Botswana: A cross-sectional …

B Mugabi, S Hattingh, SC Chima - Nigerian journal of clinical practice, 2018 - ajol.info
Background: Medical waste management (MWM) is of concern to the medical and general
community. Adequate knowledge regarding management of healthcare waste is an …