What medical waste management system may cope With COVID-19 pandemic Lessons from Wuhan

What medical waste management system may cope With COVID-19 pandemic : Lessons from Wuhan

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Veröffentlicht in:Resources, conservation, and recycling. - 1999. - 170(2021) vom: 15. Juli, Seite 105600
1. Verfasser: Chen, Chang (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Chen, Jiaao, Fang, Ran, Ye, Fan, Yang, Zhenglun, Wang, Zhen, Shi, Feng, Tan, Wenfeng
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Resources, conservation, and recycling
Schlagworte:Journal Article COVID-19 Emergency management Health risk Medical waste Public health
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Zusammenfassung:© 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
The global pandemic caused by the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to a dramatic increase in medical waste worldwide. This tremendous increase in medical waste is an important transmission medium for the virus and thus poses new and serious challenges to urban medical waste management. This study investigates the response of medical waste management to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent changes in Wuhan City based on the most detailed data available, including waste generation, storage, transportation, and disposal. The results show that despite a 5-fold increase in the demand for daily medical waste disposal in the peak period, the quick responses in the storage, transportation, and disposal sectors during the pandemic ensured that all medical waste was disposed of within 24 hours of generation. Furthermore, this paper discusses medical waste management during future emergencies in Wuhan. The ability of the medical waste management system in Wuhan to successfully cope with the rapid increase in medical waste caused by major public health emergencies has important implications for other cities suffering from the pandemic and demonstrates the need to establish resilient medical emergency systems in urban areas
Beschreibung:Date Revised 08.09.2024
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:0921-3449
DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105600