Prioritizing healthcare waste disposal methods considering environmental health using an enhanced multi-criteria decision-making method

IF 3.6 4区环境科学与生态学 Q2 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability Pub Date : 2023-06-08 DOI:10.1080/26395940.2023.2218568

M. Beheshtinia, Sanaz Jafari Kahoo, Masood Fathi

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The Healthcare Waste Disposal Method Selection (HCWDMS) is a complicated problem due to multiple and often contradictory criteria with different importance degrees. Thus, decision-makers are restored to multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods to prioritize and select the best HCW disposal methods. This study introduces an enhanced MCDM method to deal with the HCWDMS problem. To address the problem, a comprehensive list of criteria and HCW disposal methods are identified. All the criteria are categorized into four main criteria, and Fuzzy Analysis Hierarchy Process is used to determine the weights of considered criteria and sub-criteria. The study results show that environmental, economic, technical, and social criteria are the most important in selecting disposal methods, respectively. Moreover, the sub-criteria of ‘Health Risk’, ‘Release with health effects’, and ‘Capital cost’ have the highest importance, respectively. Additionally, the methods of ‘Microwave’, ‘Sterilization by autoclave’, and ‘Reverse polymerization’ have the highest priority, respectively.

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考虑到环境健康，使用增强型多标准决策方法对医疗废物处理方法进行优先排序

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Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability Chemical Engineering-Chemical Health and Safety

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4.30

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3.00%

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审稿时长

13 weeks

期刊介绍： Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability is a peer-reviewed open access forum for insights on the chemical aspects of pollutants in the environment and biota, and their impacts on the uptake of the substances by living organisms. Topics include the occurrence, distribution, transport, transformation, transfer, fate, and effects of environmental pollutants, as well as their impact on living organisms. Substances of interests include heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, and emerging contaminants, such as engineered nanomaterials, as well as pharmaceuticals and personal-care products as pollutants.