Healthcare waste treatment technologies and health impacts of waste management

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dc.contributor.authorAydin, N.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-29T16:16:22Z
dc.date.available2024-09-29T16:16:22Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentKarabük Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractHealthcare waste includes all types of waste generated from human and veterinary medical activities (public or private), and encompasses diagnosis, prevention and curative treatments, research, and laboratory activities. The risks associated with healthcare waste and its management have gained attention across the world over last decades, and this has resulted in the increased recognition of the need for proper healthcare waste management. One of the most important factors in any type of waste management is undoubtedly safety and hence the basic safety for waste treatment workers on the site has to be guaranteed first. However, some waste treatment technologies, such as landfills and incinerators, release toxic substances which could cause significant health effects. There are two purposes of this paper: (1) to review the technologies available for the treatment of healthcare wastes (HCW) by indicating the major merits and drawbacks of them, and (2) to highlight adverse health implications of these technologies reported in the epidemiology to provide data and information regarding excess health risk of these technologies for further studies. If there are not a significant number of health effect investigations specifically related to HCW treatment and disposal, municipal waste will be used as a surrogate for healthcare waste. © 2016 WIT Press.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2495/SDP-V11-N2-182-191
dc.identifier.endpage191en_US
dc.identifier.issn1743-7601
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84991511953en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage182en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2495/SDP-V11-N2-182-191
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/9048
dc.identifier.volume11en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWITPressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Sustainable Development and Planningen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectHealth Effecten_US
dc.subjectHealthcare Wasteen_US
dc.subjectIncineratoren_US
dc.subjectLandfillsen_US
dc.subjectSafetyen_US
dc.subjectToxic Substancesen_US
dc.titleHealthcare waste treatment technologies and health impacts of waste managementen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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