Waste audits in healthcare : A systematic review and description of best practices

Healthcare generates large amounts of waste, harming both environmental and human health. Waste audits are the standard method for measuring and characterizing waste. This is a systematic review of healthcare waste audits, describing their methods and informing more standardized auditing and reporti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA. - 1991. - 41(2023), 1 vom: 27. Jan., Seite 3-17
1. Verfasser: Slutzman, Jonathan E (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bockius, Hannah, Gordon, Ilyssa O, Greene, Hannah C, Hsu, Sarah, Huang, Yiming, Lam, Michelle H, Roberts, Timothy, Thiel, Cassandra L
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
Schlagworte:Systematic Review Journal Article Review Healthcare waste environmentally responsible healthcare waste audit waste auditing methods waste auditing protocols
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