Economic evaluation of hazardous healthcare waste treatment systems.

ABSTRACT: The cost estimation and assessment of healthcare waste treatment systems (HCWTSs) for preventing financial and environmental damage are essential. This work reports economic analyses of treatment of hazardous-infectious waste based on WHO approach in HCWTS_S of 43 hospitals in Tehran, Iran. The waste generation rate for total hospital waste in 43 HCWTS_S was 4.42 ± 2.77 kg/active-bed/day. The mean of chemical, sharps, infectious, and general wastes in 43 HCWTS_S were 13.79 ± 19.71, 30.29 ± 37.46, 336.28 ± 291.31, and 539.6 ± 383.13 kg/day, respectively. Economic analyses proved that general hospitals spent 1.63 times more than specialized hospitals on treating hazardous-infectious waste per year. The annual cost of treating each kilogram of hazardous healthcar

SUBMITTER: Sharifi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11410802 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature