Medical waste
The Dark Side of Healthcare
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3076016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iris Borowy (0000-0001-7621-1195, Shanghai University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | suppl 1 |
| Pages | 231-251 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0104-59702020000300012 |
| PMID | 32997065 |
| OpenAlex | W3088043120 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0104-59702020000900231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
Hospitals and other health facilities generate an ever-increasing amount of waste, approximately 15% of which may be infectious, toxic, or radioactive. The World Health Organization has been addressing the issue since the 1980s. After initially focusing on high-income countries, it then focused on low-income countries, with unsafe disposal methods in landfills and inadequate incinerators as major concerns. Gradually, the understanding of the issue has undergone several shifts, including from a focus on the component of medical waste considered "hazardous" to all forms of waste, and from accepting medical waste as a necessary downside of high-quality healthcare to seeing the avoidance of healthcare waste as a component of high quality healthcare
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Hazardous waste · Health care · Medical waste · Quality (philosophy) · Radioactive waste · Waste management · Engineering · Environmental Science · Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
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Medical waste
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |