Analysing the factors affecting medical waste generation in China

Hou, Yanhong; Jia, Linlin; Ma, Wenting; Hao, Jian Li

doi:10.1016/j.scp.2023.100975

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“…Fourth, the government needs to attend to the urban environment as well as to the economic benefits of waste disposal. The concerns of the various parties involved in the process are inconsistent, and subsidies will aggravate this contradiction such that this will render the government unable to adequately supervise waste disposal institutions [94].…”

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Identifying Waste Supply Chain Coordination Barriers with Fuzzy MCDM

2023

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The stability and efficiency of the waste supply chain (WSC) is related to the urban environment. This study constructed a framework of barriers to coordinating the WSC based on four perspectives: the costs and benefits, mechanisms involved, behaviors of the subjects, and technologies and standards used. We used an analytic network process based on the fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory to calculate the centrality and weight of each barrier factor, and we determined the critical barriers to coordination by combining their results. A causality diagram of the barriers was drawn, and a scheme of coordination of the WSC was designed based on a closed-loop supply chain around the critical barriers. The results show that contradictions in benefits between subjects, contradictions between economic and social benefits, excessive subsidies, the failure of the market mechanism, the lack of a mechanism for supervision, and blocked information and distrust among the subjects are the five most critical barriers to the coordination of the WSC, with excessive subsidies the root cause of the lack of coordination. The subsidy for direct waste disposal should be used to reduce the cost of the operation of the WSC, waste recycling should be improved, an information-sharing platform should be built, and the cost of recyclable waste for manufacturers should be reduced to improve the efficiency of the WSC.

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Identifying Waste Supply Chain Coordination Barriers with Fuzzy MCDM

2023

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“…The difference in the volume of medical waste generation between public and private hospitals requires further study of the composition of waste and the management of medical waste recycling in hospitals (Coban et al, 2023;Hosseinzadeh et al, 2023;Hou et al, 2023). This study aims to determine the composition of recycled medical waste and financial analysis of medical waste management in hospital X in Surabaya.…”

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Financial Impact Of Medical Waste Management In Hospital "X" Surabaya

Prasetya,

Wilujeng

2024

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The increase in the volume of medical waste is in line with the improvement of medical waste management performance and compliance with government regulations. Hospitals have another challenge in medical waste management with higher treatment costs that have a direct impact on financial aspects. Based on these problems, this study aims to evaluate medical waste management by comparing the level of hospital compliance with regulations and technical aspects, assessing the generation of medical waste and assessing the financial aspects of recycled medical waste management. The research method is structured observation to collect information and facts in the field so that a systematic description can be accomplished. The results of this study show that X Hospital, Surabaya has complied with the laws and regulations. The results of the study of medical waste generation obtained an average generation in the inpatient room of 88.20 Kg / day and the average waste generation per inpatient patient of 1.15 Kg / day and for outpatients of 0.05 Kg / day. The composition of recycled waste is 18.94%, infectious waste is 57.50%, pharmaceutical packaging waste (Hazardouse waste) is 10.90%, cytotoxic waste is 0,06% and sharps waste is 1.25%. The financial analysis generated from recycling activities on used hazardouse waste packaging, used syringes, used infusion bottles other than blood and/or body fluid infusions, and/or used hemodialysis fluid packaging obtained a NPV value > 0 and BCR value = 1.98 > 1, so this investment is economically feasible and the investment plan is recommended to be implemented.

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