Locating temporary waste treatment facilities in the cities to handle the explosive growth of HCWs during pandemics: A novel Grey-AHP-OCRA hybrid approach

Thakur, Vikas

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2022.103907

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“…1 16 17 Globally, safe waste management services for HCW are lacking, especially in the low-income countries. [18][19][20][21] Globally, one in three healthcare facilities do not safely manage HCW. 6 The management of HCWs has become one of the most critical concerns in developing because improper handling of medical waste has debilitating effects on the environment, public health, workplace safety, water quality and the large risk of spreading disease.…”

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Healthcare waste management practice and its predictors among health workers in private health facilities in Ilu Aba Bor Zone, Oromia region, South West Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Tilahun¹,

Donacho

Zewdie³

et al. 2023

BMJ Open

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ObjectivesA lack of safe healthcare waste management (HCWM) practice poses a risk to healthcare staff, patients and communities. In low-income countries like Ethiopia, studies on the level of safe HCWM practices in private healthcare facilities are limited. This study was designed to assess the level of good HCWM practice and associated factors among health workers in private health facilities.MethodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the Ilu Aba Bor zone, South West Ethiopia. A random sample of 282 health workers from 143 private health facilities was included in the study. Data were collected using a pretested structured questionnaire that included sociodemographic characteristics, healthcare factors, knowledge assessment and an observation checklist adapted from WHO guidelines. The collected data were entered into EpiData V.3.1 and analysed with SPSS V.25.0. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with HCWM practice. Variables with a p value of <0.05 at 95% CI were declared significant.ResultsMore than half (58.7%) of private-sector health workers had good HCWM practice. The presence of the HCWM committee (adjusted OR (AOR)=9.6, 95% CI 4.5 to 20.6), designated healthcare waste storage site (AOR=3.0, 95% CI 1.5 to 6.5), reading the HCWM manual (AOR=4.4, 95% CI 2.2 to 9.0) and having good knowledge of HCWM (AOR=2.6, 95% CI 1.06 to 6.15) were factors associated with good HCWM practice.ConclusionAbout three out of five health workers in private healthcare facilities were practising good HCWM. The presence of an HCWM committee, waste management utilities, reading HCWM guidelines and knowledge of health workers were the identified factors. Health workers should read guidelines to improve their knowledge, and the presence of committees and waste management utilities in private clinics should be followed to ensure compliance with safe HCWM practice.

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“…Globally, safe waste management services for HCW are lacking, especially in the low-income countries 18–21. Globally, one in three healthcare facilities do not safely manage HCW 6.…”

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Healthcare waste management practice and its predictors among health workers in private health facilities in Ilu Aba Bor Zone, Oromia region, South West Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Tilahun¹,

Donacho

Zewdie³

et al. 2023

BMJ Open

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“… Burgos and Ivanov (2021) simulated the performance of food retail supply chain under the lockdown scenarios and proved that the resilience of food supply chain is triangulated by governmental measures, inventory-ordering dynamics and customer behaviors. Moreover, researchers have emphasized the threat of healthcare wastes to the urban environment and pointed out the insufficiency of conventional treatment methods in removing emerging contaminants, proposing new strategies to improve the waste treatment facilities in the cities ( Parida et al, 2022 ; Thakur, 2022 ).…”

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Urban resilience under the COVID-19 pandemic: A quantitative assessment framework based on system dynamics

Zhang

Wang

2023

Cities

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“… Al-Omran et al (2021) also reported an increase in COVID-19 medical waste with the increase in the number of new cases in the Kingdom of Bahrain. COVID-19 patients, as well as facilities that quarantine them, contributed to the surge in biomedical waste ( Valizadeh et al, 2021 ; Thakur, 2022 ). Singh et al (2002), on the other hand, reported a sharp decrease in hospital waste in Dehli, the capital city of India.…”

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Evolution of COVID-19 municipal solid waste disposal behaviors using epidemiology-based periods defined by World Health Organization guidelines

Mahmud

Karimi

et al. 2022

Sustainable Cities and Society

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Locating temporary waste treatment facilities in the cities to handle the explosive growth of HCWs during pandemics: A novel Grey-AHP-OCRA hybrid approach

Cited by 27 publications

References 42 publications

Healthcare waste management practice and its predictors among health workers in private health facilities in Ilu Aba Bor Zone, Oromia region, South West Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Healthcare waste management practice and its predictors among health workers in private health facilities in Ilu Aba Bor Zone, Oromia region, South West Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Urban resilience under the COVID-19 pandemic: A quantitative assessment framework based on system dynamics

Evolution of COVID-19 municipal solid waste disposal behaviors using epidemiology-based periods defined by World Health Organization guidelines

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