Economic evaluation of hazardous healthcare waste treatment systems.

Chemical treatment Economic analyses Healthcare waste Infectious waste Thermal treatment Waste management

Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Sep 2024
Historique:
received: 21 03 2024
accepted: 12 08 2024
medline: 19 9 2024
pubmed: 19 9 2024
entrez: 18 9 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The cost estimation and assessment of healthcare waste treatment systems (HCWTSs) for preventing financial and environmental damage are essential. This work reports economic analyses of treatment of hazardous-infectious waste based on WHO approach in HCWTS

Identifiants

pubmed: 39294253
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-69940-0
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-69940-0
doi:

Substances chimiques

Medical Waste Disposal 0
Hazardous Waste 0
Medical Waste 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

21764

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Sahar Sharifi (S)

Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Kamyar Yaghmaeian (K)

Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Center for Solid Waste Management (CSWM), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Somayeh Golbaz (S)

Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Ramin Nabizadeh (R)

Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. rnabizadeh@gmail.com.
Center for Solid Waste Management (CSWM), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. rnabizadeh@gmail.com.

Abbas Norouzian Baghani (AN)

Environmental Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. abbas.jj.norozi@gmail.com.

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