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Medical waste management in a mid-populated Turkish city and development of medical waste prediction model

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  • Afşin Yusuf Çetinkaya

    (Aksaray University)

  • S. Levent Kuzu

    (Yildiz Technical University)

  • Ahmet Demir

    (Yildiz Technical University)

Abstract

Waste remains a very complex problematic issue on human society due to its health and environmental effects, economic aspects and social impacts. Medical waste is in a special classification and is supposed to be more hazardous compared to municipal wastes. Therefore, collection, storage, transfer and disposal of medical waste need more delicate measures. These four cycles of waste handling comprise the waste management system. The amount of future medical waste is important in studies on waste management. In order to form an accurate strategy, the amount of waste that is generated must be known with high precision. Accurate estimation can help both planning and designing medical waste management systems. In the present work, a regression model was performed in order to estimate the amount of waste generated by the hospitals in Aksaray city. The inputs of the model were the patient number in three different age classes (0–15; 15–65; 65

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  • Afşin Yusuf Çetinkaya & S. Levent Kuzu & Ahmet Demir, 2020. "Medical waste management in a mid-populated Turkish city and development of medical waste prediction model," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(7), pages 6233-6244, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:22:y:2020:i:7:d:10.1007_s10668-019-00474-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-019-00474-6
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    1. Guojian Ma & Juan Ding & Youqing Lv, 2022. "SEIR Evolutionary Game Model Applied to the Evolution and Control of the Medical Waste Disposal Crisis in China during the COVID-19 Outbreak," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-18, September.
    2. Çelik, Sefa & Peker, İskender & Gök-Kısa, A. Cansu & Büyüközkan, Gülçin, 2023. "Multi-criteria evaluation of medical waste management process under intuitionistic fuzzy environment: A case study on hospitals in Turkey," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    3. Costel Bucătaru & Dan Săvescu & Angela Repanovici & Larisa Blaga & Ecaterina Coman & Maria-Elena Cocuz, 2021. "The Implications and Effects of Medical Waste on Development of Sustainable Society—A Brief Review of the Literature," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-13, March.

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