Healthcare waste management in Asian developing countries: A mini review

BA Khan, L Cheng, AA Khan… - Waste management & …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Healthcare waste encompasses a significant quantity of hazardous substances. Poor
healthcare waste management can result in serious environmental and human health risks …

International governance structures for health-care waste management: A systematic review of scientific literature

M Caniato, T Tudor, M Vaccari - Journal of environmental management, 2015 - Elsevier
Significant differences exist in the management of health-care waste management, globally.
This is particularly so between low, middle and high-income countries. A systematic review …

Biomedical waste management associated with infectious diseases among health care professionals in apex hospitals of a typical south asian city

F Nosheen, N Malik, Z Mehmood, F Jabeen… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomedical waste from healthcare activities poses a higher hazard of infection and damage
than other types of trash. The main objective of the study was to assess the awareness …

Effectiveness of intensive healthcare waste management training model among health professionals at teaching hospitals of Pakistan: a quasi-experimental study

R Kumar, R Somrongthong, BT Shaikh - BMC health services research, 2015 - Springer
Background Infectious waste management has always remained a neglected public health
problem in the developing countries, resulting in high burden of environmental pollution …

[HTML][HTML] A qualitative study of the causes of improper segregation of infectious waste at Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran

M Oroei, M Momeni, CJ Palenik, M Danaei… - Journal of infection and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Medical waste management is a major concern for healthcare
facilities. One important element is the segregation of infectious waste from domestic, non …

Knowledge, attitude and practices of health staff regarding infectious waste handling of tertiary care health facilities at metropolitan city of Pakistan

R Kumar, R Samrongthong… - Journal of Ayub Medical …, 2013 - demo.ayubmed.edu.pk
Background: Health Care Waste (HCW) is considered as the second dangerous waste in the
World that needs to be properly disposed by trained health care staff. Good knowledge …

Knowledge on hospital waste management among senior staff nurses working in a selected medical college hospital of Bangladesh

MN Uddin, MR Islam, K Yesmin - Journal of Waste …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Healthcare wastes include all types of wastes generated by healthcare
establishments. Waste disposal problem is growing with an ever‐increasing number of …

[HTML][HTML] An intervention significantly improve medical waste handling and management: A consequence of raising knowledge and practical skills of health care …

G Hosny, S Samir, R El-Sharkawy - International journal of health …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: Health-care waste has not attended much attention in developing countries. Staff
is involved in cleaning and collect waste may often be at greater risk due to their less …

[HTML][HTML] Practices and challenges of infectious waste management: A qualitative descriptive study from tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan

R Kumar, BT Shaikh, R Somrongthong… - Pakistan journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: Besides direct observation, in-depths interviews were conducted with the hospital
administrators and senior management involved in healthcare waste management during …

Healthcare waste management practice and its predictors among health workers in private health facilities in Ilu Aba Bor Zone, Oromia region, South West Ethiopia: a …

D Tilahun, DO Donacho, A Zewdie, AM Kera… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives A lack of safe healthcare waste management (HCWM) practice poses a risk to
healthcare staff, patients and communities. In low-income countries like Ethiopia, studies on …