ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
A Review of the Impact That Healthcare Risk Waste Treatment Technologies Have on the Environment.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Towards Sustainable Healthcare Risk Waste Management in South Africa: A Systematic Review of Treatment Practices and Policy Gaps.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
- The environmental impact of energy consumption and carbon emissions in radiology departments: a systematic review.European radiology experimental · 2024Pooled it
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- Which Factors are Holding up the Integration of the Environmental Impact of Health Technologies in Health Technology Assessment? Insights from a Multi-Stakeholder Interview Study.Applied health economics and health policy · 2026Article
- Developing a behaviour identification method for healthcare waste management: a case study of hospital waste management in Australia.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society position statement on greening the operating room.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Article
- Stepping Stones to Sustainability Within Cancer Clinical Trials in Ireland.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Toward more sustainable research: reducing the environmental impact when working with Drosophila.Genetics · 2025Article
- UK Public Focus Groups on Healthcare's Environmental Impacts: A Critical Analysis of Co-Benefits Approaches.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- Challenges in achieving more sustainable anaesthesia practices: a narrative review of waste reduction.BJA open · 2025Review
- Real-Time Cost Awareness in Surgical Disposables: A Multispecialty Pre-Post Trial.Journal of medical systems · 2025Article
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- Integrating environmental sustainability into health technology assessment: an international survey of HTA stakeholders.International journal of technology assessment in health care · 2024Article
- Waste Plastic to Roads - HDPE-modified Bitumen and PET Plastic Fibres for Road Maintenance in South Africa: A Review.Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2024Review
- Climate change advocacy and cancer clinical trial organisations.BJC reports · 2024Article
- Size does matter. Sustainable choice of intravenous bags.Intensive care medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Health-Care Risk Waste (HCRW) treatment protects the environment and lives. HCRW is waste from patient diagnostics, immunization, surgery, and therapy. HCRW must be treated before disposal since it pollutes, spreads illnesses, and causes harm. However, waste treatment increases the healthcare sector's carbon footprint, making the healthcare sector a major contributor to anthropogenic climate change. This is because treating HCRW pollutes the environment and requires a lot of energy. Treating HCRW is crucial, but its risks are not well-studied. Unintentionally, treating HCRW leads to climate change. Due to frequent climate-related disasters, present climate-change mitigation strategies are insufficient. All sectors, including healthcare, must act to mitigate and prevent future harms. Healthcare can reduce its carbon footprint to help the environment. All contributing elements must be investigated because healthcare facilities contribute to climate change. We start by evaluating the environmental impact of different HCRW treatment technologies and suggesting strategies to make treatments more sustainable, cost-effective, and reliable to lower the carbon footprint.
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