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Medical Waste Committee (WT-3). "Medical Waste Disposal." Air & Waste 44, no. 10 (October 1994): 1176–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10473289.1994.10467311.
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Bennett, Noel McK. "Disposal of medical waste." Medical Journal of Australia 149, no. 8 (October 1988): 400–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb120697.x.
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Kiran, K. G., Sanjay Kini, Ravi K., Santhosh N. P., and N. Udaya Kiran. "KAP study of solid waste disposal of households in Kuttar & Manjanadi Panchayath covered under gramaskhema programme of K.S. Hegde Medical Academy." Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 05, no. 03 (September 2015): 029–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1703908.
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AbstractAn important problem faced by many societies across the world is unhealthy disposal of solid wastes. Knowledge, attitude, practices of people plays a crucial role as their view point is extremely vital in providing solutions to future environmental problems. A cross sectional study was conducted among the households of Kuttar and Manjanadi villages and a sample of 120 households were studied. Majority had a good knowledge about the ill effects of improper solid waste disposal and that 82.5% said collectively that it causes disease, unpleasant odour, unpleasant site and rodent nuisance. Majority of them had a positive attitude towards solid waste disposal and 98.3% felt that improper solid waste removal and disposal effects environment. Regarding household waste disposal practice it was found to be unsatisfactory as 78 households disposed of household wastes by just throwing away outside the house. Strict surveillance, supervision and timely removal for disposal of solid waste by management are the key factors in reducing environmental hazards.
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Krivokuća, Milan. "Medical waste management." Serbian Journal of Engineering Management 6, no. 1 (2021): 30–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/sjem2101030k.
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Medical waste management is of great importance for people and the environment. Irresponsible management and classification of medical waste can lead to environmental hazards and cause health risks to both employees and patients. Traditional waste disposal on landfills are the most common form of waste disposal in our country, although the authors see the most efficient incineration solution as a more appropriate method or an integrated method of hierarchical management from the generation stage to waste treatment, which brings economic advantage and risk reduction potential damages. In order to live in harmony with the environment, the problem of waste disposal must be recognized as one of the important tasks of all structures involved in its creation and disposal.
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Bennett, G. F. "Medical waste management and disposal." Journal of Hazardous Materials 31, no. 2 (July 1992): 196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3894(92)85016-t.
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Khamitova, G. M., and A. I. Khabirov. "Legal regulation of medical waste disposal in foreign law." Journal of Law and Administration 17, no. 2 (July 16, 2021): 53–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.24833/2073-8420-2021-2-59-53-60.
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Introduction. The article considers international and national experience in legal regulation of medical waste disposal. The special attention is given to foreign experience and possibility of application and perfection of the legislation on medical waste recycling in the Russian Federation.Materials and methods. Realization of research tasks has been reached on the basis of studying theoretical and practical experience of foreign countries concerning regulation of medical waste utilization. The study is based on the method of analysis of the current regulatory and legal framework in the Russian Federation, the practice of applying the legislation by judicial and other competent authorities and existing European (world) standards for the purposes of legal unification. Study results. In the article experience of the foreign countries concerning legal regulation of medical waste recycling, presented in the works of foreign and domestic researchers, the legislation of foreign countries is considered; the analysis of the sources regulating recycling of medical waste is conducted; various concepts of classifications of medical waste are revealed.Discussion and conclusions. The study showed that polymorphism of medical waste is both an epidemiological and environmental hazard. The problem is compounded by the potential hazards that arise from contact with these wastes, such as toxicity, radioactivity and infection. This is why environmental and environmental legislation is of particular importance, along with health and sanitary legislation. These legal norms should be taken into account by medical institutions when developing procedures for handling hospital waste. On the basis of the above-stated it seems expedient to study the experience of developed countries, in particular of the USA and the European states, concerning legal regulation of utilization of medical wastes as the problem of safe handling of medical wastes is important for each subject of the Russian Federation.
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Su, Min, Qiang Wang, and Rongrong Li. "How to Dispose of Medical Waste Caused by COVID-19? A Case Study of China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 22 (November 19, 2021): 12127. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212127.
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The rapid increase in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients also means a rapid increase in medical waste that could carry the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). How to safely dispose of medical waste caused by COVID-19 is a huge challenge that needs to be solved urgently. The outbreak of the COVID-19 has led to a significant increase in the daily generation of medical waste in China and has placed a severe test on the Chinese medical waste disposal system. Unlike ordinary wastes and garbage, medical waste that is untreated or incompletely treated will not only cause environmental pollution, but also directly or indirectly cause infections and endanger people’s health. Faced with difficulties, the Chinese government formulated a policy for medical waste management and a response plan for the epidemic, which provides policy guarantee for the standardized disposal of epidemic medical waste. In addition, the government and medical institutions at all levels formed a comprehensive, refined, and standardized medical treatment process system during research and practice. China has increased the capacity of medical waste disposal in various places by constructing new centralized disposal centers and adding mobile disposal facilities. China has achieved good results in the fight against COVID-19, and the pressure on medical waste disposal has been relieved to a certain extent. However, the global epidemic situation is severe. How to ensure the proper and safe disposal of medical waste is related to the prevention and control of the epidemic situation. This study summarizes China’s experience in the disposal of medical waste in the special case of COVID-19 and hopes to provide some reference for other countries in the disposal of medical waste.
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Qiu, Cheng, Chun Li Ye, and Chang Bing Ye. "Analysis on Medical Waste Management and Disposal in Kunming City." Advanced Materials Research 878 (January 2014): 532–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.878.532.
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Medical waste is a special category of waste with potential health and environment risks. Medical waste management and disposal is a difficult problem in the western China because the shortage of financial support. Kunming city was selected to assess the current achievement and experience of medical waste management and disposal. Kunming municipal government solved the problem of medical waste disposal by adopting the model of BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer). The analyzed results showed that there was a good achievement of medical waste disposal in Kunming city that medical waste disposal realized centralized and normalized disposal, and centralized disposal had amounted to one hundred percent in urban area since 2006. Medical waste disposal in Kunming city mainly includes three steps, that is,the sort and collection of respective medical institutions, the centralized collection and transport of Kunming Center for Medical Waste Centralized Disposal (KCMWCD) and incineration . Kunming municipal government approved franchise for Medical waste disposal. The government has strengthened the medical waste disposal by building the effective administrative monitoring system of medical waste, organizing some meetings and visiting the place of medical waste disposal for relevant person and training them, and imposing the medical waste disposal fee on medical institution.
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Wolf, Patrick, and Robert Bollinger. "Medical waste disposal: Procuring on-site technology for disposal." Journal of Chemical Health and Safety 20, no. 3 (May 2013): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2013.03.189.
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Zainaro, M. Arifki, M. Ricko Gunawan, and Rike Saputra. "HUBUNGAN MOTIVASI PERAWAT DAN GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN DENGAN PERILAKU PERAWAT DALAM PEMBUANGAN SAMPAH MEDIS BENDA TAJAM DI RSUD DR.A.DADI TJOKRODIPO KOTA BANDAR LAMPUNG." Malahayati Nursing Journal 2, no. 2 (March 10, 2020): 354–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.33024/manuju.v2i2.1655.
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Introduction: sharp medical waste is not only able to cause scratch and stab wounds but also to infect wounds when they are contaminated by pathogen. A pre-survey result done by the researcher in wards of dr. A. Dadi Tjokrodipo at 20 January 2019 to 10 nurses concerning activities of nursing care and medicla waste management including needle, syringe, and bandage that were disposed without sorting.Objective: the objective of this research was to find out the correlations of nurse’s motivation and leadership style to nurse’s behavior in sharp medical waste disposal in dr. A. Dadi Tjokrodipo public hospital in Bandar Lampung. Method: this was a quantitative analytic survey research by using cross sectional approach and it was conducted in dr. A. Dadi Tjokrodipo public hospital from March to April 2019. Population was all nurses and samples were of total sampling. Data were collected by using questionnaires and analyzed by using univariate (frequency distribution) and bivariate (chi square test) analyses.Result: there were 31 respondents (54.4%) with poor medical waste littering behavior, 34 respondents (59.6%) with low motivation, and 29 respondents (50.9%) with bad leadership style. There were correlations of nurse’s behavior (p-value 0.000; OR 11.70) and leadership style (p-value 0.012: OR 4.725) to sharp medical waste disposal in dr. A. Dadi Tjokrodipo public hospital in Bandar Lampung in 2019. Conclusion: there were correlations of nurse’s motivation and leadership style to nurse’s behavior in littering sharp medical waste in dr. A. Dadi Tjokrodipo public hospital in Bandar Lampung in 2019. The researcher expects nurse’s motivation improvement concerning medical waste disposal by joining training about effects of improper sharp medical waste disposal.Introduction: sharp medical waste is not only able to cause scratch and stab wounds but also to infect wounds when they are contaminated by pathogen. A pre-survey result done by the researcher in wards of dr. A. Dadi Tjokrodipo at 20 January 2019 to 10 nurses concerning activities of nursing care and medicla waste management including needle, syringe, and bandage that were disposed without sorting.Objective: the objective of this research was to find out the correlations of nurse’s motivation and leadership style to nurse’s behavior in sharp medical waste disposal in dr. A. Dadi Tjokrodipo public hospital in Bandar Lampung. Method: this was a quantitative analytic survey research by using cross sectional approach and it was conducted in dr. A. Dadi Tjokrodipo public hospital from March to April 2019. Population was all nurses and samples were of total sampling. Data were collected by using questionnaires and analyzed by using univariate (frequency distribution) and bivariate (chi square test) analyses.Result: there were 31 respondents (54.4%) with poor medical waste littering behavior, 34 respondents (59.6%) with low motivation, and 29 respondents (50.9%) with bad leadership style. There were correlations of nurse’s behavior (p-value 0.000; OR 11.70) and leadership style (p-value 0.012: OR 4.725) to sharp medical waste disposal in dr. A. Dadi Tjokrodipo public hospital in Bandar Lampung in 2019. Conclusion: there were correlations of nurse’s motivation and leadership style to nurse’s behavior in littering sharp medical waste in dr. A. Dadi Tjokrodipo public hospital in Bandar Lampung in 2019. The researcher expects nurse’s motivation improvement concerning medical waste disposal by joining training about effects of improper sharp medical waste disposal.
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Han, Jun Shu, Zheng Wang, Li Hua Wu, Chao Wu, and Wen Chang Zhang. "Design of a Small Medical Waste Pyrolysis Furnance." Advanced Materials Research 518-523 (May 2012): 3590–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.518-523.3590.
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In this paper, a small medical waste pyrolysis furnance, which could disposal 1t wastes, is designed for the safe disposal of medical wastes, by in-depth research of pyrolysis, detailed calculation analysis, and considering the experimental results and other factors in general. The flue gas treatment system of the small medical waste pyrolysis furnance is designed applying 3T principle, and the dioxin’s later synthesis is controlled, so the dioxin emissions problem is also resolved. The results show that the small furnance has reasonable configuration, works reliably, and it could self-support freely, its emissions meet the national standards for the dioxin emissions 0.213 ng/m3.
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Kulish, Inna M., and Halyna V. Kaplenko. "Features of medical waste management." Socio-Economic Problems of the Modern Period of Ukraine, no. 1(153) (2022): 24–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.36818/2071-4653-2022-1-4.
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The article argues that all medical waste requires a special approach as experience has shown that many substances used as safe pose a threat to human health and human life and cause irreparable damage to the environment. The expediency of reviewing certain categories of medical waste with their subsequent transfer to the category of household waste (office paper, office furniture, etc.) is specified. The need to pay more attention to waste in the cosmetics and perfume industry is emphasized as more and more pharmaceutical and chemical substances are used in this production. The article detects significant differences in some statistical indicators by year and the combination of medical and non-medical waste in one indicator, which indicates the imperfection of statistical accounting. The adequacy of medical waste management is revealed to depend on the standard of living in the country and the availability of effective public policy in this area, as well as the availability of natural resources in the required amount. The historical retrospective shows the changes in the attitude to disposable and reusable medical materials. The authors propose to use a table comparing the cost of disposal from different points of view, taking into account the necessary sanitary and hygienic requirements. The need to strengthen control over the rational use of disposable medical devices is emphasized, which in some cases makes it possible to significantly reduce the amount of waste and general medical expenses. A comparative analysis of the cost of medical waste disposal in the United States and Ukraine is conducted. The analysis shows that the United States has lower prices. Despite the rather carefully prescribed procedure for obtaining a license for activities in the field of medical waste management, the numerous abuses identified by inspections indicate the need to improve it.
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Obioma, Azuonwu, Ahiakwo Christian, and Egba Promise Chijioke. "Poor COVID 19 Pandemic Waste Management Outcome in Nigeria: A Possible Potential Public Health Threat and Promoter of Community Transmission." Biomedical Research and Clinical Reviews 1, no. 2 (September 4, 2020): 01–09. http://dx.doi.org/10.31579/2692-9406/013.
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Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic outcome which is an emerging infectious disease that potentially originated from Wuhan in China has seen an upsurge of cases and deaths globally over time. One of the consequences found in the course of the management of these viral pandemic involves the massive production and usage of different myriad of medical supplies to meet up the increasing demands by health workers, patients and the public. This trend has resulted in the proliferation of medical wastes against a backdrop of poor waste management outcome especially in Nigeria. Aim The aim of this article borders on bringing to light the effects of improperly managed medical wastes, and the risks it poses to human health and the environment at large. Furthermore also, to outline various types of medical wastes and the guidelines associated with their disposal, especially those associated with management of COVID-19 pandemic saga. Method/Methodology The study approach follows the systematic review of peer-reviewed published articles as well as online publications and articles derived from various databases with search keywords relevant to the topic of discourse. Findings and Results Findings from this study show that the coronavirus disease of 2019 has spread widely globally with massive socio-economic and socio-cultural consequences. Over time there has been a progressive increase in cases and deaths due to Covid-19 in Nigeria and most other countries. The management of COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the proliferation of medical wastes. Medical wastes are those generated from the use of medical supplies in the course of healthcare delivery and disease prevention such as hand gloves, facemasks, and hazmat suits etc. Medical wastes legislations that support the proper disposal of medical wastes in Nigeria and most other developing nations have been very weak and have failed to achieve the desired results, with high incidences of infectious diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis still being transmitted through improperly disposed of wastes. Therefore improperly waste disposal may probably serve as a very potent means of community transmission of COVID-19 transmission, if not handled in good time especially the freshly disposed materials Conclusion and Recommendation While the generation of massive wastes is being seen in this COVID-19 pandemic period, it may be unavoidable that there could be re-infection of subjects from improper medical waste disposal strategies. Thus, it is pertinent that relevant regulations are put in place, enforced and monitored to ensure that improperly managed wastes do not form another avenue for widespread of the virus in our communities. It is also very necessary to organize massive campaigns aimed at creating enough public awareness of the risks associated with medical wastes and on the need for proper disposal especially COVID 19 associated waste materials.
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Kotasthane, Dhananjay Shrikant, Vaishali Dhananjay Kotasthane, Shanmugasamy K, and Ancy A. "Impact of intervention on awareness of biomedical waste disposal among medical students." ANNALS OF PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE 4, no. 2 (March 26, 2017): A195—A202. http://dx.doi.org/10.21276/apalm.1251.
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AL-Ghabban, Maha M., Nashwan Sh Mizzouri, Fadhil R. Mahmood, Hussein H. Hassan, and Kadhim I. Abdulrahman. "Assessment of Waste Generation rate of Medical Hazardous in Duhok Governorate (Proposal of alternative disposal and management methods)." Academic Journal of Nawroz University 7, no. 4 (December 21, 2018): 139. http://dx.doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v7n4a283.
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The developments and improvement of the public and the private healthcare sector in the recent years in Duhok governorate considered as the main factor for increasing the production rate of per capita patient generation of hazardous waste (Bio-Medical Waste). Another important factor contributes in hazardous waste volume is the increase in health services and public education. Generation of waste caused direct impacts on human health and environment through the pollution of soil, water and air. The present study was carry out to assess the sources and the data quantities of hazardous wastes, analysis of these collected data is achieved by using of GIS Application. In 2014, it was found that 253.143 tons of hazardous waste were produced in Duhok. About 30% of the waste is not being sorted from the municipal solid waste, i.e. disposed directly to dumps or landfills. Inadequate disposal of hazardous waste can related to contamination of surface and ground water supplies, and risk impacts on communities and their environment. In addition the aim of this assessing is focused on the importance of hazardous waste management and to develop a proposal for treatment and disposal management methods in compliance with the international environmental regulations.
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Shashi kant and Neeraj Sharma. "Bio medical waste management in Jammu city." Environment Conservation Journal 4, no. 1-3 (December 22, 2003): 99–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.36953/ecj.2003.0412314.
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Ironically waste was not a problem for the society when man was primitive and uncivilized. The proliferation of modern concept of consumerism supplemented with culture of disposables has aggravated the waste problem. These biomedical wastes along with the municipal wastes commonly exceed the carrying capacity of biosphere to reabsorb and recycle. The present paper deals with the status of Bio medical waste management in Jammu city. 42 government and private health institutions have been identified which generate about 3917 kg/day @ 1.52 Kg/bed/day contributing 26% to the municipal solid waste. The paper seeks to demonstrate the waste collection, segregation, treatment and disposal of the wastes in the otherwise unplanned city of temples.
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B, Meena Preethi, Dharshini B, and Gokul S. "Biomedical Waste Management Using Incineration and Autoclave." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 10, no. 5 (May 31, 2022): 4645–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.43371.
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Abstract: Sanitarium wastes pose significant public health hazard if not duly managed. Hence, it's necessary to develop and borrow optimal waste management systems in the hospitals. Bio-medical waste (BMW) generated in our nation on a day-to-day base is immense and contains contagious and dangerous accoutrements. With the rise in COVID-19 cases, there are concerns about the disposal of huge amounts of biomedical waste. Tamil Nadu generated 35269.74 kg/per day of COVID-19 ‘bio-medical waste’ between 2020 to 2021. This paper deals on managing the Bio-medical waste (BMW) using Incineration and Autoclaving. Keywords: Bio-medical waste (BMW), World Health Organization (WHO), Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), common bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facility (CBMWTF), Incineration, Autoclaving
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Sazan, Mohammed, and Farhan Salah. "Hospital hazardous waste management: Treatment, storage and disposal." Reciklaza i odrzivi razvoj 15, no. 1 (2022): 41–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/ror2101043a.
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Rapid population growth, industrialization, and growth of demand for raw materials for industrial and medical production result in generating a huge amount of hazardous waste. Hazardous waste is identified by its toxicity, flammability, and radioactivity characteristics. Disposing hazardous waste into the natural environment has a significant impact on health and all living things in the environment. Nowadays, numerous hospitals and industrial places generate a large amount of hazardous waste. The objective of this study is to evaluate the management system of hazardous hospital waste in Erbil city. Additionally, the focus is on hazardous hospital waste management and characterizations and situation of the waste in Erbil city as well. The generation rate of hazardous wastes from hospitals in Erbil city was collected for 12 months from 2015 to 2020. The results showed that the highest amount of medical hazardous waste was generated in 2019. Moreover, the number of onsite incineration centres should be increased to reduce the cost of storage and transportation.
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Du Toit, Karen, and Johannes Bodenstein. "Disposal of medical waste: A legal perspective." South African Medical Journal 104, no. 1 (September 3, 2013): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/samj.7175.
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Arslanov, Kamil M., Arthur I. Khabirov, and Gulnara M. Khamitova. "Medical Waste Disposal Regulation in International Laws." HELIX 9, no. 5 (October 31, 2019): 5335–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.29042/2019-5335-5338.
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Johnson, Sandra Smrek. "Medical Waste Disposal Rules Expected in 1989." JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 260, no. 19 (November 18, 1988): 2784. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1988.03410190028007.
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Johnson, S. S. "Medical waste disposal rules expected in 1989." JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 260, no. 19 (November 18, 1988): 2784. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.260.19.2784.
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Iskovich-Lototskyy, Rostyslav, Nataliia Veselovska, Oleksii Tokarchuk, and Oleksandr Skliaruk. "DEVELOPMENT AND JUSTIFICATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF ASSEMBLIES OF PYROLYSIS INSTALLATION FOR UTILIZATION OF MEDICAL WASTE." ENGINEERING, ENERGY, TRANSPORT AIC, no. 3(114) (September 28, 2021): 59–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.37128/2520-6168-2021-3-7.
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When developing a pyrolysis plant for the disposal of medical waste, the evaluation criteria were ergonomics, operational reliability, simplicity and manufacturability of its manufacture, as well as maintainability. In certain operating conditions, given the high degree of epidemiological danger, ensuring the minimum degree of operator contact with the most medical waste is an urgent task. Therefore, the most effective solution in the development of a simple and operationally reliable pyrolysis plant for waste disposal, provided the use of a special robotic loading device and a furnace design for incinerating medical waste. The application of the above developments made it possible to efficiently for the environment, in an automated mode, dispose of medical waste with a minimum degree of operator contact with the most medical waste, as well as with minimal economic and technological disposal costs. The creation of a simpler, highly reliable and safe pyrolysis plant for the disposal of medical waste with a low cost of their manufacture, increased maintainability and a high environmental safety degree necessitates special design and theoretical calculations. Plants for the disposal of medical waste are distinguished by a special nature of work, which is the excessive creation of high temperatures, for the complete neutralization (oxidation) of hazardous chemical compounds contained in medical waste. Therefore, when developing the pyrolysis plant itself for the disposal of medical waste, one should take into account the temperature difference at the inlet and outlet of the furnace itself for incinerating medical waste. In the process of developing and justifying the design of the units of the new installation for the disposal of medical waste, the following tasks were solved: - development of a schematic diagram of the units of the facility for the disposal of medical waste, reflects the relationship between the operating and operational parameters of the facility itself; - design calculations for the units of the facility for the disposal of medical waste; - theoretical studies of the influence of the operating and operational parameters of the installation for the disposal of medical waste in the technological process of disposal of medical waste.
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Thirumala, S. "STUDY OF BIO-MEDICAL WASTE GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT IN VARIOUS HOSPITALS IN DAVANGERE CITY OF KARNATAKA, INDIA." Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 03, no. 03 (September 2013): 022–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1703671.
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AbstractThis research article is to survey the practice of biomedical waste such as collection, storage, transportation and disposal along with the amount of generated biomedical waste in various hospitals in Davangere city, and create awareness among the staff and patient about biomedical wastes. The survey result on biomedical waste generation, disposal and methods adopted in various hospitals of Davangere city are discussed.
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Keene, John H. "Medical Waste: A Minimal Hazard." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 12, no. 11 (November 1991): 682–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/646266.
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Healthcare providers need to be aware of the facts regarding the environmental impact of regulated medical wastes and be prepared to voice concern over unnecessary and costly regulations. The wash-ups of waste, a small percentage of which was medical waste, on the beaches on New York and New Jersey in the summers of 1987 and 1988 prompted an immediate response by state and federal governments. Although it was demonstrated that this medical waste did not originate in healthcare facilities,' the public demanded that their elected representatives do something about what they perceived to be the degradation of the environment and a risk to public health caused by “uncontrolled dumping” of “medical wastes” into the ocean. As a result of these and other occurrences, several environmental concerns regarding the treatment and disposal of medical waste were voiced by the public and acknowledged by the legislators. These included the following: aesthetic damage to the environment; potential public health problems associated with infectious agents in medical waste; and potential environmental contamination with hazardous chemicals and radioactivity associated with medical wastes.
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Bao, Zhen Bo, Deng Chao Jin, and Hong Jun Teng. "Problems and Countermeasures of Rural Medical Waste Management and Disposal in China." Advanced Materials Research 356-360 (October 2011): 1835–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.356-360.1835.
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Medical waste is characteristic with high pollution and high risk. On the basis of analyzing typical transport process and disposal process of rural medical waste, the problems of rural medical waste management and disposal are pointed out. Countermeasures to strengthen rural medical waste management and disposal are proposed.
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Samadder, Eti, Ashees Kumar Shaha, Irtiza Ahmed Chowdhury, Sajeda Khatun, China Rani Mittra, and Hafiza Sultana. "Knowledge and practices of health workers on safe disposal of sharp medical wastes in selected hospitals." Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 6, no. 4 (January 7, 2021): 802–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ajmbr.v6i4.51249.
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Sharp medical waste is infectious and hazardous because of their high potential diseases transmission and injury. It poses serious threats to environmental health. A cross sectional study was done to assess the level of knowledge and practices of health workers on safe disposal of sharp medical wastes. This study was done in Pirojpur Sadar Hospital, Nazirpur Upazilla Health Complex and Zia Nagar Upazilla Health Complex. Sample size was 200 Health Workers. A Semi-structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected data were processed and analyzed with the help of SPSS (Version 20) software on the basis of different variables. The period of study was from January to December 2016. The study result shows that among 200 respondent mean age was 44.05 (±7.01) years. The designation varieties were nurses (70.0%), doctor (10.0%), Aya/ward boy (15.0%). This study found that, majority of the respondents had knowledge about the concept of medical waste and sharp medical waste. Among the respondents (90.0%) respondents knew the correct color bin to segregate sharp medical waste. Multiple responses of the respondents (80%) mentioned that they got information from Course curriculum. Knowledge of the respondents on sharp medical waste disposal (64.5%) had Good knowledge, (23%) had Fair Knowledge and (12.5%) had Poor Knowledge. Most of the respondents (47.5%) had Good practices, (33%) had Fair and (20%) had Poor practices regarding safe disposal of sharp medical waste disposal. Adequate supply of equipment’s and strict monitoring system should be established to improvement the practice of the health care providers regarding safe disposal of sharp medical waste. Training on sharp medical waste disposal will help the participants to improve their knowledge and practices.
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Debalkie, Desta, and Abera Kumie. "Healthcare Waste Management: The Current Issue in Menellik II Referral Hospital, Ethiopia." Current World Environment 12, no. 1 (April 25, 2017): 42–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/cwe.12.1.06.
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Healthcare wastes generated in Hospitals from medical activities have not given sufficient attention. In developing countries, healthcare wastes are still handled and disposed indiscriminately creating an immense threat to the public health and the environment. This situation is much worse in Ethiopia where there is paucity of convincing evidence about healthcare waste generation rate and management system. A crossectional study was conducted in Menellik II hospital to evaluate the healthcare waste management system. Primary data on the healthcare waste management system was collected using observational checklist. Key informant interview guide was also employed on 11 selected informants to assess waste management practice and analyzed by thematic framework. The results revealed that there was no segregation of healthcare waste by type at the point of generation and disinfection of infectious waste before disposal. The main HCW treatment and disposal mechanism was incineration using low temperature, single chamber incinerator; open burning; burring in to amputation pit and open dumping on municipal dumping site as well as on the hospital back yard. Furthermore, there was negligence, attitudinal problem and low level of awareness about safe healthcare waste management. To diminish the risk of healthcare waste on public health and environment, a cost effective interventions include providing better medical waste management facilities, adherence to national regulatory and rising awareness of all concerned need to adopt in the hospital.
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Schlepp, Susan. "Regulating disposal of infectious waste." AORN Journal 48, no. 4 (October 1988): 747–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0001-2092(07)69131-5.
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Andeobu, Lynda, Santoso Wibowo, and Srimannarayana Grandhi. "Medical Waste from COVID-19 Pandemic—A Systematic Review of Management and Environmental Impacts in Australia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 3 (January 26, 2022): 1381. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031381.
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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 of medical waste and raises questions about management and disposal practices, and environmental impacts. The amount of medical waste generated from COVID-19 since the outbreak is estimated to be 2.6 million tons/day worldwide. In Australia, heaps of single-use gowns, facemasks/face shields, aprons, gloves, goggles, sanitizers, sharps, and syringes are disposed everyday as a result of the pandemic. Moreover, the establishment of new home/hotel quarantine facilities and isolation/quarantine centres in various Australian states and territories have increased the risks of transmission among people in these facilities and the likelihoods of general waste becoming contaminated with medical waste. This warrants the need to examine management and disposal practices implemented to reduce the transmission and spread of the virus. This study reviews the various management and disposal practices adopted in Australia for dealing with medical waste from the COVID-19 pandemic and their impacts on public health and the environment. To achieve the aims of this study, prior studies from 2019–2021 from various databases are collected and analysed. The study focuses on generation of medical waste from COVID-19, management and disposal methods, current problems/challenges and environmental and public health impacts. Considering the enormous risks involved and the significance of appropriate handling and disposal of medical waste from COVID-19, this study provides insights on short and long term responses towards managing COVID-19 waste in Australia. The study contributes to Australia’s efforts against the transmission and spread of COVID-19 and provides recommendations for the development of workable and sustainable strategies for mitigating similar pandemics in the future.
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TOKARCHUK, Dina. "FEATURES OF WASTE FORMATION AND ITS MANAGEMENT DURING THE HOSTILITIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF UKRAINE." "EСONOMY. FINANСES. MANAGEMENT: Topical issues of science and practical activity", no. 2(60) (August 30, 2022): 109–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.37128/2411-4413-2022-2-8.
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The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of waste formation during the hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. With the beginning of active hostilities in the russian federation on the territory of our country is the destruction of industrial and communal facilities, there is a mass movement of people to the western regions and abroad, disrupting natural ecosystems, leading to large amounts of waste. The classification of wastes which are generated during hostilities is presented: military, wastes from demolition and damaged buildings, household and similar wastes, wastes from destruction of industrial objects, wastes of animal husbandry, medical wastes, natural burials. The peculiarities of each of the types of waste are determined and the directions of their effective management are outlined. It is substantiated that hazardous military waste requires safe disposal by the military and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (hereinafter – SES); it is possible to reuse the metal from the damaged military equipment. It is noted that waste from damage of buildings and industrial facilities can be divided into safe, which can be partially reused in construction, and hazardous, which require disposal. The directions of medical waste management are outlined, which are massively generated both in hospitals in relatively «quiet» regions, where the wounded are brought, and in combat zones in the provision of emergency medical care – they must be disposed of according to medical protocols. Livestock waste (dead animals and poultry, products of their vital activity) in the zone of active hostilities during the destruction of poultry farms and farms may pose an ecological danger. The prospects of their use for energy purposes – as raw materials for biogas production are determined. The terrible consequence of the war is the formation of natural burials. The necessity of exhumation and reburial of the dead in specialized. Ways to reduce the generation of household waste in regions where internally displaced persons moved en masse are proposed. An algorithm for sorting these wastes with the separation of components that can be reused during hostilities or for other purposes is presented.
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Yoon, Jeongyeon, Younghan Yoon, Sang Leen Yun, and Wontae Lee. "The Current State of Management and Disposal of Wastes Related to COVID-19 : A review." Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers 43, no. 12 (December 31, 2021): 739–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/ksee.2021.43.12.739.
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Objectives : This paper summarizes effective waste management and disposal methods for plastic and medical wastes during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.Methods : We reviewed the literatures reporting and identifying the current status and characteristics of wastes related to COVID-19, and the management and treatment guidelines for those wastes. We also investigated various technologies for waste treatment and disposal, and assessed the current status and future direction of the technologies in Korea.Results and Discussion : In the first half of 2020 in Korea, the amount of plastic waste produced had increased by 15.6% year-on-year, and medical waste production also increased significantly from 0.6 ton in January 2020 to 2,928 ton in August 2021. All of the infectious wastes are currently being incinerated in Korea, but there are concerns on air pollutant emissions and insufficient treatment facilities. Municipal solid waste also suffers from a lack of landfill capacity and low price competitiveness in the recycling industry.Conclusions : Policy and system need to be improved to reduce the infectious waste generation from the sources, and treatment and disposal technologies for produced wastes also need to be developed. Furthermore, hospitals and health care facilities should establish their own waste reducing systems which may include chemical treatment and sterilization units.
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Xu, Jin Ling, Xiu Feng Shen, and Shi Xue Li. "Research on Injurious Medical Waste Disposal for Small and Medium Sized Hospital." Advanced Materials Research 518-523 (May 2012): 3459–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.518-523.3459.
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The injury medical waste is the most serious infectious, which serious impact on human health and environmental issues. There are many hidden dangers in the injury medical waste processing, particularly in small and medium-sized hospitals. The current situation, classify and hazard are analysed, as well as problems and difficulties in injury medical waste disposal. The disposal mechods and countermeasures are put forward to dispose the injury medical waste for small and medium-sized hospitals. The research has certain practical significance for injury medical waste disposal.
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Sembiring, Muhammad Ardiansyah, Donni Nasution, and Mustika Fitri larasati Sibuea. "Analisis Pemilihan Tempat Pembuangan Limbah Medis Menggunakan Metode Topsis." Prosiding Seminar Nasional Riset Information Science (SENARIS) 1 (September 30, 2019): 1114. http://dx.doi.org/10.30645/senaris.v1i0.124.
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Various types of medical waste produced from service activities in hospitals can endanger and cause health problems, especially during collection, sorting, shelter, storage, transportation and destruction and final disposal. In terms of disposal of medical waste, most existing hospitals work with other companies in the processing and disposal of their medical waste because there is no official medical waste disposal site available. With the above problems, the researchers are interested in conducting a research process to assist the relevant agencies in finding a solution to determine the location of appropriate disposal of medical waste through the application of information technology. The method used in this study is the TOPSIS (Technique for Others Reference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) method, which is one method in the Decision Support System (SPK). Based on the results and previous discussion, it can be concluded that Mandoge is the main choice in choosing the right place as a place for disposal of medical waste because it has the necessary criteria. Therefore the application of the topsis method can help determine good alternatives in a decision-making system for selecting the best Medical Waste disposal sites.
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Prasad, Raikar, and P. P. Revankar. "Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles on Biomedical Moulding Sand Properties for Casting Applications." American Journal of Agricultural Science, Engineering, and Technology 6, no. 3 (October 28, 2022): 57–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.54536/ajaset.v6i3.756.
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Present work explains green nanotechnology technique in solid waste management. Solid wastes are generated from domestic, industrial, agricultural, commercial, health care and individual activities etc. Because of rising population, urbanisation, construction activities, and improper medical waste management, there is an increase in biomedical waste, which contributes to widespread landscape littering. Due to its inability to biodegrade, waste disposal has consequently become a significant issue on a global scale. Research is being carried out to develop ways for environment friendly disposal of biomedical wastes. Also, to enhance the moulding properties for better casting quality by using nanoparticles prepared in laboratory by green nanotechnology technique. The main objective of the work is preparation and characteristic study of modified biomedical waste used in green sand moulding for casting industry. The sand silica in green sand moulding material is replaced by biomedical waste. Nanoparticles are synthesized by green nano technology technique used as an additive in bio medical waste which will be treated as modified bio medical waste. Present study evaluated the influence of nano particles on biomedical waste which helps in metal moulding applications.
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Etim, Mmemek-Abasi, Sunday Academe, PraiseGod Emenike, and David Omole. "Application of Multi-Criteria Decision Approach in the Assessment of Medical Waste Management Systems in Nigeria." Sustainability 13, no. 19 (September 30, 2021): 10914. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131910914.
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Globally, the pandemic of COVID-19 has penetrated all spheres of human endeavors, and noteworthy is the tremendous increase in the volume of healthcare wastes generated in Nigeria. There has been an increase in medical waste materials produced as a result of the extensive use of both disposable personal protective equipment (PPE), such as face shields and nose and face masks, and highly infectious waste materials, such as contaminated syringes, needles, and soiled bandages from diagnosed positive cases. Despite the huge volume in waste generation, a standardized evaluation framework is currently lacking in the management of medical wastes in Nigeria. This study has developed a novel assessment framework for managing medical wastes, which is curated from the technical guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO). The applicability of the framework was examined on seven designated public and private-owned hospitals in Ota. The fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) approaches of multi-criteria decision analysis were utilized in modelling an evaluation framework for the objective of medical waste management. Carefully designed interview questionnaires, observations, and site visits were carried out to obtain data from healthcare professionals in Ota. Results show that waste segregation was practiced more decisively in private hospitals than public hospitals. Waste segregation is established as a key determinant in implementing an effective waste management system in any healthcare facility. The success of waste segregation in healthcare institutions is highly dependent on good hospital management, organizational policies, efficient budget planning for waste management, and the operational running cost. Disposal methods investigated were mostly open burning and incessant dumping for most public health care centers. Deficient waste management practices were observed in waste disposal, waste transportation, storage, and organizational policies. While the awareness and capacity building on occupational safety practices and environmental public health is widely known by health workers and waste handlers, compliance and enforcement are critical challenges. The validation of results using fuzzy TOPSIS and a sensitivity analysis shows a high degree of the consistency, stability, and robustness of the model. Findings from the present study can aid decision making, as this will benefit policy makers and key stakeholders in developing more comprehensive and effective medical waste management guidelines in Nigeria. In addition, future decision-making studies could augment the results from the current research by assessing the impact of the pandemic preparedness and response on medical waste management.
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Mete, Suleyman, and Faruk Serin. "Optimization of medical waste routing problem: The case of TRB1 region in Turkey." An International Journal of Optimization and Control: Theories & Applications (IJOCTA) 9, no. 2 (April 29, 2019): 197–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.11121/ijocta.01.2019.00714.
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A fundamental problem concerning medical waste disposal is the evaluation of the real and potential risks arising from waste with the focus on the risk of infection. Therefore, the optimization of medical waste routing from collection to disposal center can minimize the risk of infection. The routing of medical waste considers significant to determine potential routes and select the route with minimum distance. The management of the medical waste is important decision for environmental sustainability and includes the collection, transportation and disposal of these materials. In this paper, a geographic information system (GIS) solution approach is proposed to determine the best location of disposal center. Proposed approach is applied to medical waste transportation between 167 health institutions (collection centers) and predetermined 5 disposal centers through TRB1 region in Turkey, which consist of Malatya, Elaz??, Bingöl and Tunceli provinces. The results of case study are examined and suggestions for future research are provided.
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Vetoshkina, E. D., E. S. Koshcheeva, and M. A. Smirnov. "Problems of legal regulation of medical waste disposal." Theoretical and Applied Ecology, no. 4 (2021): 224–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.25750/1995-4301-2021-4-224-229.
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Meijer, Robert. "5360594 Control system for medical waste disposal unit." Environment International 21, no. 3 (January 1995): XXXIII. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0160-4120(95)99340-8.
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Sadeghi, Mahdi, Abdolmajid Fadaei, and M. Ataee. "Assessment of hospitals medical waste management in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province in Iran." Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science 5, no. 2 (June 25, 2020): 157–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2020.0502011.
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The hospital wastes could threaten the surface waters, ground waters, soil, air environment and humans’ health. This study was intended to investigate the management of medical waste generated in hospitals of Charharmahal and Bakhtiari province, located in south west of Iran. The samples came from all 9 province’s hospitals with 1156 beds. The data forms and questionnaires were completed. The questionnaire contained questions about the generation of waste and practices related to separation, collection, storage, transport, treatment and final disposal, and training and awareness. The highest generation rate on a bed basis of 3.22±0.4 kg/bed/day was found in Shohada hospital, and the lowest rate was 1.37±0.2 kg/bed/day for Sina hospital. There was significant variation (P<0.05). The average general waste production rate was 2.12±0.37 kg/bed/day at all the surveyed hospitals. The highest percentage (63%) of total medical wastes were general, 36.05% were infectious wastes. About 44.44% of the hospitals have used autoclave to disinfect their infectious medical waste prior to disposal, while incineration is used in 33.33% of the hospitals. All hospitals (100%) indicated their needs and willingness to participate in future specialized training programs in medical waste management. It has been suggested that enhancing the education, awareness and promoting programs about medical waste management for cleaning workers, doctors, nurses, and technicians.
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Liu, Hao, and Zhong Yao. "Research on Mixed and Classification Simulation Models of Medical Waste—A Case Study in Beijing, China." Sustainability 10, no. 11 (November 16, 2018): 4226. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10114226.
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Medical waste has strict classification standards. However, in reality, the process of collection and disposal of most medical waste does not strictly follow the corresponding standards, thus resulting in great potential risks to people’s health. Our research analyzed existing problems with medical waste classification management, optimized the medical waste recycling business model, and then used the simulation software AnyLogic to design mixed and classification simulation models based on current literature regarding the standards of medical waste classification and composition in China. Furthermore, we simulated and calculated the generation of nonrecyclable medical waste, recyclable medical waste, and domestic waste in the three models based on 30,000 tons of medical waste generated in Beijing in 2015. We compared and analyzed the output, generation rate, disposal cost, recycling revenue, and cost–benefit based on the disposal cost standards of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform and the China Renewable Resources Price Index in Beijing. The importance of strengthening the classification and recycling of medical waste was further validated by modeling and simulation. The study provides an important reference to hospitals, disposal plants, and government regulatory departments in their decision-making.
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Wang, Hui, Longshuai Zheng, Qiuhong Xue, and Xueqing Li. "Research on Medical Waste Supervision Model and Implementation Method Based on Blockchain." Security and Communication Networks 2022 (February 24, 2022): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5630960.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) has brought unprecedented changes to the society and permeated our daily life. However, it has not been successfully applied in the area of medical waste regulation, where the recycling and disposal of medical waste have significant loopholes in the management of classification, transportation, disposal, supervision, and other links. The source, authenticity, and integrity of medical waste data lack guarantees, and there is a risk of data tampering and forgery. Although there are currently some medical waste supervision applications combined with IoT-based blockchain domestically and internationally to facilitate information sharing and transfer, no verifiable method is provided for the information privacy leakage of medical waste operators. To address this problem, we propose a blockchain-based medical waste supervision model, which connects participants involved in the process, introduces digital credentials to achieve the protection of operator information privacy, and ensures that the entire data process is authentic and credible. By building a decentralized system architecture and setting intelligent contracts, we integrate and record the medical waste disposal regulatory information in different phases on the blockchain to form the supervision of medical waste chain. In addition, we digitize the physical credentials and certificates using digital credentials to achieve cryptography security and privacy protection. The regulatory model designed in this paper can provide digital certificates of disposal tracking information to the health, environmental protection, and other administrative departments in China. It can provide authoritative evidence for the supervision and accountability of medical waste disposal and support the construction of a new generation of medical waste regulatory information systems in China.
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Pal, Puspalata, and Dhirendra Kumar Sarangi. "Impact of Biomedical Waste on Cuttack City." Current World Environment 13, no. 2 (August 25, 2018): 259–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/cwe.13.2.11.
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Waste generated from health care centres and its management are emerging issues in India. The improper management of such wastes has adverse impact on health and environment. Though these wastes constitute a small portion of the total waste but very special handling , treatment and disposal are needed to manage such wastes because of their highly toxic and infectious nature. There are seven major specialized government hospitals in Cuttack City. According to the Chief District Medical Officer, Cuttack there are 131 registered and more than 300 unregistered nursing homes, clinics, pathology and diagnostics centres also which generate huge quantity of biomedical wastes. Most of the health care centres of the City are either dumping the wastes in the municipal bins or Mahanadi river and Taladanda canal side or hand over the waste to the unauthorised private parties. This is ultimately collected by rag pickers for reuse.Unlawful disposal of these wastes by healthcare cenres can contribute to the spread of serious diseases such as hepatitis, AIDS (HIV) and other deadly diseases. The present study focuses upon the management practice followed in Cuttack City by the Hospitals and and large number of other health care centres and the impact of biomedical waste on environment. According to the study ,the unethical open dumping and unsegregaed mixed biomedical waste were found in municipal bins is a serious health hazards for rag pickers and also to the hospital staff and the public. The study also found that wastes generated from the radio diagonostics centres, and the laboratory units disposed off directly into the municipal sewer without proper disinfection of pathogens, ultimately flowing to the river Mahanadi and Kathajodi and also to the Taladanda canal through various drains of the city. The results of the study showed that there is an adverse impact of the biomedical wastes on Cuttack city due to mismanagement which needs strict enforcement of laws and other legal provisions for better environmental management system for the disposal of biomedical waste in order to bring back congenial and healthy environment for city dwellers.
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Gębska-Kuczerowska, Anita, Izabela Kucharska, Agnieszka Segiet-Święcicka, Marcin Kuczerowski, and Robert Gajda. "Disposal of Waste from Tattoo and Beauty Parlors in Poland: A Survey-Based Analysis on Epidemiological Safety." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 23 (December 1, 2021): 12673. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312673.
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Appropriate waste management is increasingly relevant due to environmental and infectious disease transmission concerns. An anonymous observational cross-sectional study was conducted from 2013–2017 of 262 tattooists and 824 beauticians throughout Poland. Knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and compliance with blood-borne infection controls and correct waste disposal were assessed. Tattooists correctly addressed hazardous waste significantly more often than did beauticians (83.3% vs. 44.8%). Medical waste was collected by a specialist company in 90.1% of tattoo parlors and 63.3%of beauty parlors. Tattooists correctly used and disposed of sharps more frequently than beauticians (93.1% vs. 68.9%); however, 46.4% of beauticians and 12.4% of tattooists discarded waste into municipal trash, including sharps (27.1% and 2.6%, respectively). Incorrect collection and labeling of biological waste present occupational risk to waste disposal personnel. Education and instructional controls could improve health safety in this industry. Biological waste management processes are restrictive for medical services and liberal for beauty services, an industry for which they should also be applied more comprehensively.
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Ma, Guojian, Juan Ding, and Youqing Lv. "SEIR Evolutionary Game Model Applied to the Evolution and Control of the Medical Waste Disposal Crisis in China during the COVID-19 Outbreak." Sustainability 14, no. 18 (September 11, 2022): 11396. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141811396.
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The behavioral choices and speculative psychology of the participants in medical waste disposal can lead to the evolution of the medical waste disposal crisis, which has a great impact on and represents a potential threat to environmental safety as well as public health. This study constructs the SEIR evolutionary game model based on the theory of propagation dynamics and evolutionary game and explores the game relationship between local governments and medical waste disposal enterprises. Then it analyzes the propagation threshold and evolutionary path of medical institutions’ speculative psychology under different behavioral decisions of both subjects and explores the process and law of system evolution to a benign stable state and conducts a multi-situated simulation analysis. The results showed that the number of infected states in medical institutions varies in a positive direction with the propagation threshold of their speculative psychology, and when the propagation threshold is greater than 1, the speculative psychology of medical institutions will spread widely in the system. The “strict regulation and high-quality disposal” behavior of local governments and disposal enterprises could effectively eliminate the speculative psychology of medical institutions, the number of infected medical institutions could gradually evolve to 0, then the further evolution of the medical waste disposal crisis could be prevented. The formation of an integrated, coordinated, and mutually constraining crisis governance mechanism should improve the government’s regulatory capacity and efficiency, develop attractive and deterrent reward and punishment policies to guide disposal enterprises to high-quality disposal, and contribute to the compliant disposal of medical waste in medical institutions.
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Kshirsagar, Rajat Balasaheb, and Onkar Dayanand Pawar. "DISPOSAL OF BIOMEDICAL INCINERATION ASH BY ITS APPLICATION IN CONCRETE." International Journal of Innovative Research in Advanced Engineering 8, no. 10 (October 30, 2021): 272–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.26562/ijirae.2021.v0810.001.
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Advancement in Medical field is an active part of development in science and technology. With the continuous increase in population and increase in use of medical facilities there is sharp rise in generation of medical waste. These wastes are hazardous in nature and have the greatest potential to have impact on living being and environment. One of the important methods of treatment of such waste is incineration but this method also produces ash which is a subject of land filling. This causes wastage of large area of land also leaching of contaminants in ashes cause contamination of ground water. The purpose of this project is to find some alternative for land filling of incineration ashes.
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Ingle, Navin Anand, and Zohara Kayamali Charania. "Awareness and Practices of Dental Care Waste Management Among Dental Practitioners In Chennai City." Journal of Contemporary Dentistry 1, no. 1 (2011): 15–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jcd-1-1-15.
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Abstract Objectives To assess the dentist's awareness about dental care waste management. To know the various methods of bio-medical waste disposal practiced by private dental practitioners in Chennai City. To assess the awareness of dentists regarding colour coding of biomedical wastes. Materials and Methods A cross sectional questionnaire study was conducted among 250 private dental practitioners selected by simple random sampling. A pretested questionnaire consisting of 28 close ended questions divided into two sections was used. Results Out of 250 participants 167(66.8%) were males and 83(33.2%) were females. About 14.8% of the dentists were not aware of the different categories of bio-medical waste generated in their clinic. About 28% of the dentists were not aware of the bio-medical waste management law in India and the same number (28%) were not aware of the colour coding for different types of biomedical wastes. Conclusion The present study indicates that the majorities of the dental practitioners were not aware of the different categories of biomedical waste and are not practicing the appropriate method of waste disposal. There is an urgent need for continuing dental education on dental care waste management for the dental practitioners.
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HOSOBUCHI, K. "An Introduction to Medical Waste (Present Status and Problems of Disposal of Hazardous Medical Waste)." JAPANES JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION 63, no. 10 (October 1, 1993): 458–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4286/ikakikaigaku.63.10_458.
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Alani, R., D. Nwude, and O. Adeniyi. "Assessment of Hospital Wastes Management Practices in Lagos, Nigeria, using Two Health Care Centres as Case Studies." Nigerian Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology 3, no. 2 (October 2019): 361–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.36263/nijest.2019.02.0121.
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Hospital wastes are highly infectious and can pose serious threat to human health. As the rate at which these wastes are generated is getting rapidly higher because of rapid urbanization and population growth, also the problem of disposal of these wastes is becoming more serious. It is of utmost importance that these wastes receive specialized treatment and management prior to their final disposal. Some of these wastes are mixed with household wastes, and the entire pile becomes a great public health hazard. Scavengers search through the piles for salable items, which they wash, repack and resell to the public, endangering their lives, and that of the entire public. Until recently, the management of medical wastes has received little attention despite their potential environmental hazards and public health risks. The collection, storage and disposal of medical wastes in Lagos are of growing environmental problem which needs immediate attention. This study was carried out to assess the current waste management practices in terms of type of wastes and quantities of waste generated in the healthcare facilities and the waste handling and disposal practices; also, to assess the level of awareness of health workers regarding hospital and clinical waste management. Two health care facilities in Lagos state were used as case studies. These hospitals are secondary facilities providing emergency, surgical, material and child health services. The methodology design was mainly of qualitative and involved physical observation, questionnaire administration, quantitative data collection procedures and manipulation, data analysis and interpretation. The findings showed that there was almost no knowledge of hospital waste management policy in the two health care facilities among the management staff, which seemed to confirm the premium on hospital wastes and their poor management.
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Lv, Jun, Jin Yang, Juan Xue, Ping Zhu, Lanfang Liu, and Shan Li. "Investigation of potential safety hazards during medical waste disposal in SARS-CoV-2 testing laboratory." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28, no. 27 (March 6, 2021): 35822–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13247-4.
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AbstractThis study aims to investigate the potential safety hazards and provide reference for improving the medical waste disposal procedure in SARS-CoV-2 testing laboratory. Our SARS-CoV-2 testing group detected the RNA residue on the surface of medical waste with Droplet Digital PCR, and held a meeting to discuss the risks in the laboratory medical waste disposal process. After effective autoclaving, SARS-CoV-2 contaminated on the surface of medical waste bags was killed, but the average concentration of viral RNA residues was still 0.85 copies/cm2. It would not pose a health risk, but might contaminate the laboratory and affect the test results. When the sterilized medical waste bags were transferred directly by the operators without hand disinfection, re-contamination would happen, which might cause the virus to leak out of the laboratory. Furthermore, we found that sterilization effect monitoring and cooperation among operators were also very important. In summary, we investigated and analyzed the potential safety hazards during the medical waste disposal process in SARS-CoV-2 testing laboratory, and provided reasonable suggestions to ensure the safety of medical waste disposal.