Towards blockchain-based hospital waste management systems; applications and future trends

SMH Bamakan, P Malekinejad, M Ziaeian - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective hospital waste management (HWM) has become a significant environmental and
green healthcare domain issue. In this regard, recent outstanding technological advances in …

Hospital waste management in developing countries: A mini review

M Ali, W Wang, N Chaudhry… - Waste Management & …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Health care activities can generate different kinds of hazardous wastes. Mismanagement of
these wastes can result in environmental and occupational health risks. Developing …

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 …

The escalating biomedical waste management to control the environmental transmission of COVID-19 pandemic: A perspective from two south Asian countries

M Shammi, A Behal, SM Tareq - Environmental science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The global pandemic COVID-19 culminated in escalating biomedical waste (BMW)
worldwide, and the management authorities are struggling with waste treatment …

Application of life cycle assessment for hospital solid waste management: A case study

M Ali, W Wang, N Chaudhry - Journal of the Air & Waste …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study was meant to determine environmental aspects of hospital waste management
scenarios using a life cycle analysis approach. The survey for this study was conducted at …

A whole systems approach to hospital waste management in rural Uganda

S Kwikiriza, AG Stewart, B Mutahunga… - Frontiers in public …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Safe waste management protects hospital staff, the public, and the local
environment. The handling of hospital waste in Bwindi Community Hospital did not appear …

LCA of hospital solid waste treatment alternatives in a developing country: the case of district Swat, Pakistan

R Ahmad, G Liu, R Santagata, M Casazza, J Xue… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Improper management of hospital waste leads to serious health and environmental issues,
particularly in the case of developing countries, where, often, applied technologies are …

Medical waste management-related factors affecting health and experiences of health risks among medical waste handlers in low and middle-income countries: a …

MN Huda, TG Hailemariam, SZ Hossain, JS Malo… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Medical waste management (MWM)-related factors affecting the health of
medical waste handlers (MWHs) and their health risks in low and middle-income countries …

Proposal of a mobile medical waste incinerator with application of automatic waste feeder and heat recovery system as a novelty in Poland

J Wajs, R Bochniak, A Golabek - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The paper presents and discusses the issues of medical waste (including hazardous ones)
and the problems regarding their proper management in Poland. Inappropriate handling of …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of medical waste management trainings on behavior change among doctors versus nurses and paramedical staff in Pakistan

R Kumar, R Somrongthong, J Ahmed - Journal of Ayub Medical …, 2016 - academia.edu
Background: Healthcare waste management is a neglected issue in hospitals of developing
countries due to poor practices among health staff. This study was aimed to determine the …