SynthesisBMC research notes2019
Healthcare waste management current status and potential challenges in Ethiopia: a systematic review.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Medical waste disposal practices and their health consequences in resource-limited settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Infectious Healthcare Waste Management Practices and Associated Factors Among Waste Handlers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Infectious medical waste (IMW) and disease transmission: A critical public health challenge in Africa and the global implications - A systematic review.Journal of public health research · 2026Article
- Predictive modeling of medical waste and a proposal to improve segregation in a peruvian hospital.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Healthcare waste management practice and associated factors among health workers of public health centers in Adama City, Southern central Ethiopia, 2024: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Healthcare Waste Toxicity: From Human Exposure to Toxic Mechanisms and Management Strategies.Journal of xenobiotics · 2025Review
- Understanding healthcare workers' risk perception and response to healthcare waste in Arba Minch town, Ethiopia: application of the extended parallel process model.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Challenges in achieving more sustainable anaesthesia practices: a narrative review of waste reduction.BJA open · 2025Review
- Facilitators and barriers of infectious waste management practice in public and private health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a qualitative phenomenological study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Mainstreaming of biomedical waste management: Best practices for clinical laboratories in Africa.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2025Article
- Healthcare waste management and antimicrobial resistance: a critical review.Journal of water and health · 2024Review
- Upcycling of SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test Cassettes into Flame Retardant Plastics.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Healthcare waste management knowledge, attitudes and practices of laboratory workers at a regional hospital, Lesotho.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2024Article
- Medical waste generation rate and management practices among government hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia. A descriptive survey.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Healthcare Workers' Knowledge about the Segregation Process of Infectious Medical Waste Management in a Hospital.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Hand hygiene and biomedical waste management among medical students: a quasi-experimental study evaluating two training methods.BMC medical education · 2023Article
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- Healthcare Waste-A Serious Problem for Global Health.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Healthcare Waste Segregation Practice and Associated Factors among Healthcare Professionals Working in Public and Private Hospitals, Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia.Journal of environmental and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveDuring the healthcare delivery process, hazardous wastes can be generated from the health facilities. Improper healthcare waste management is responsible for the transmission of more than 30 dangerous bloodborne pathogens. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the healthcare waste management practice and potential challenges in Ethiopia.
resultsElectronic databases and direct Google search yielded 1742 articles from which 17 studies met the inclusion criteria. The proportion of hazardous waste generated in Ethiopian healthcare facilities was unacceptably high which ranged from 21 to 70%. Most studies indicated the absence of proper waste segregation practice at the source of generation. Treatment of the healthcare waste using low combustion incinerator and/or open burning and open disposal of the incinerator ash were very common. Lack of awareness from the healthcare staff, appropriate waste management utilities and enforcement from the regulatory bodies were mainly identified as a common factor shared by most of the studies. The healthcare waste management practice in Ethiopian healthcare facilities was unsatisfactory. There should be close supervision of the waste disposal process by the regulatory bodies or other stakeholders.
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