[HTML][HTML] Engineering a sustainable future for point-of-care diagnostics and single-use microfluidic devices

AE Ongaro, Z Ndlovu, E Sollier, C Otieno, P Ondoa… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-use, disposable, point-of-care diagnostic devices carry great promise for global
health, including meeting urgent needs for testing and diagnosis in places with limited …

Review on distribution, fate, and management of potentially toxic elements in incinerated medical wastes

S Bolan, LP Padhye, M Kumar, V Antoniadis… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Medical wastes include all solid and liquid wastes that are produced during the treatment,
diagnosis, and immunisation of animals and humans. A significant proportion of medical …

Novel Fermatean Fuzzy Bonferroni Mean aggregation operators for selecting optimal health care waste treatment technology

S Chakraborty, AK Saha - Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2023 - Elsevier
Fermatean fuzzy set (FFS) is an expedient tool in today's world for coping with uncertainty,
ambiguity, and incompleteness that emerge in many decision-making processes. In light of …

A review on emergency disposal and management of medical waste during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

H Zhao, H Liu, G Wei, N Zhang, H Qiao, Y Gong… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The surge of medical waste (MW) generated during the COVID-19 pandemic has exceeded
the disposal capacity of existing facilities. The timely, safe, and efficient emergency disposal …

Multi-criteria evaluation of medical waste management process under intuitionistic fuzzy environment: A case study on hospitals in Turkey

S Çelik, İ Peker, AC Gök-Kısa, G Büyüközkan - Socio-Economic Planning …, 2023 - Elsevier
Waste management has come to the fore in the whole world with the increasing impact of
the Covid-19 pandemic along with concerns about human health, environmental threats …

[HTML][HTML] Healthcare waste management in Nigeria: a review

OB Ezeudu, TS Ezeudu, UC Ugochukwu, IT Tenebe… - Recycling, 2022 - mdpi.com
Healthcare waste management has become an important aspect of medical care delivery
globally. This is simply because of its hazardous and infectious components that have …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying the barriers to sustainable management of construction and demolition waste in developed and developing countries

A Al-Otaibi, PA Bowan, MM Abdel Daiem, N Said… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The construction industry is a vital part of every nation's economy. Construction activities
influence the social, environmental, and economic aspects of sustainability. There are so …

[HTML][HTML] Post COVID-19 recovery: Challenges and opportunities for solid waste management in Africa

J Adusei-Gyamfi, KS Boateng, A Sulemana… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered the quantity and composition of
waste generated on the African continent. This new phenomenon, coupled with the …

Dioxins emissions from bio-medical waste incineration: a systematic review on emission factors, inventories, trends and health risk studies

KP Prathish - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has aggravated the biomedical waste generation all over the world and the
concern for its safe disposal is on the rise. The vast majority of healthcare systems employ …