Analysis of interactions among the barriers to effective hospital waste management Online publication date: Mon, 20-Dec-2010
by Mohd. Nishat Faisal, Sheeba Khan, I.H. Farooqi
International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research (IJBHR), Vol. 2, No. 2, 2010
Abstract: Today, the healthcare facilities are under severe stress due to the huge population they are required to support. This has led to an exponential increase in the amount of waste generated in hospitals. Improper disposal of wastes in hospitals places direct and indirect health impacts on those working in hospitals and the surrounding communities and on the environment. Thus, collection, transportation and disposal of hospital waste have turned into a complicated and critical problem. Since there are several barriers to the implementation of an effective hospital waste management program, an effort has been made in this paper to understand the mutual relationship among these barriers, using interpretive structural modelling. The outcome of the research is a hierarchy based model and a classification based on their relative importance. The results of this research provide insight to waste management professionals to focus on key variables that are most important for effective waste management in hospitals.
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