Towards blockchain-based hospital waste management systems; applications and future trends

SMH Bamakan, P Malekinejad, M Ziaeian - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective hospital waste management (HWM) has become a significant environmental and
green healthcare domain issue. In this regard, recent outstanding technological advances in …

Advances in facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic era

M Karmacharya, S Kumar, O Gulenko… - ACS applied bio …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has transformed the daily lifestyles of
people worldwide. COVID-19 was characterized as a pandemic owing to its global spread …

Mapping healthcare waste management research: Past evolution, current challenges, and future perspectives towards a circular economy transition

M Ranjbari, ZS Esfandabadi, T Shevchenko… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improper healthcare waste (HCW) management poses significant risks to the environment,
human health, and socio-economic sustainability due to the infectious and hazardous nature …

Escalating SARS-CoV-2 circulation in environment and tracking waste management in South Asia

A Islam, MA Kalam, MA Sayeed, S Shano… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused an exceptional
drift of production, utilization, and disposal of personal protective equipment (PPE) and …

Prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae in wastewater: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Zaatout, S Bouras, N Slimani - Journal of water and health, 2021 - iwaponline.com
Wastewater is considered a hotspot niche of multi-drug and pathogenic bacteria such as
Enterobacteriaceae-producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL-E). Thus, the aim …

[HTML][HTML] Application of short and rapid strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for biomedical waste management in Bangladesh

M Shammi, MM Rahman, ML Ali, ASM Khan… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study a rapid and short Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) conducted to find
the existing policy and legal gaps of biomedical waste management regulations during the …

Restaurants' waste in Chittagong city, Bangladesh: Current management, awareness on environmental hazard and perception towards potential uses

TK Baul, A Sarker, TK Nath - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Research on restaurants' waste management in Bangladesh is limited. This study, carried
out in Chittagong city, assessed restaurants' waste generation, current management …

Environmental health risks associated with solid waste management at rural hospitals in Chirumanzu District, Zimbabwe

T Shabani, VT Mutekwa, T Shabani - SN Social Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Management of hospital solid is currently a critical and challenging issue worldwide,
particularly in developing nations due population growth, disease outbreak and hospital …

[HTML][HTML] Hygiene knowledge and practices and determinants of occupational safety among waste and sanitation workers in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 …

MU Alam, F Sharior, DM Shoaib, M Hasan… - Hygiene and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Waste and sanitation workers provide essential services to society. In most low-and middle-
income countries, they are often mistreated and lack access to necessary personal …

Occupational health and safety status of waste and sanitation workers: A qualitative exploration during the COVID-19 pandemic across Bangladesh

F Sharior, MU Alam, M Zaqout, S Cawood… - PLOS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
In Bangladesh, cities produce huge volumes of solid waste, sewage, and greywater with
limited resources to manage it. Waste and sanitation workers, key players in managing …