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ArticleWaste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA2025

A case study on healthcare waste management in clinical laboratories in Belo Horizonte city, Brazil.

Ana Teresa Rodrigues de Sousa, Luiz Carlos Moutinho Pataca, Camila Costa Maia, Max Filipe Gonçalves, Valdir Schalch, Marcos Paulo Gomes Mol

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Article in Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Ana Teresa Rodrigues de SousaEzequiel Dias Foundation, Research and Development Department, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Luiz Carlos Moutinho PatacaEzequiel Dias Foundation, Research and Development Department, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Camila Costa MaiaSuperintendence of Urban Cleaning (SLU), Municipal Government of Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Max Filipe GonçalvesEngineering School, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Valdir SchalchDepartment of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Marcos Paulo Gomes MolEzequiel Dias Foundation, Research and Development Department, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2568-3579

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare waste (HCW) refers to all waste generated in establishments whose activities are focused on human and animal healthcare. Among such establishments are clinical laboratories, which are potential generators of that type of waste. HCW can pose significant risks to public health and the environment if not managed according to good environmental practices. This study analyses the processes involved in the management of HCW in 36 clinical laboratories in Belo Horizonte city, Brazil, using data from Healthcare Waste Management Plans. Non-hazardous waste constitutes 70.5% (290.9 kg day

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Laboratories, ClinicalMedical WasteMedical Waste DisposalWaste ManagementBrazilHazardous WasteHumansIncinerationRecyclingHazardous WasteMedical WasteMedical Waste DisposalClinical laboratorieshealthcare waste managementmedical laboratoriesoccupational safetysolid waste

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PMCPMC12598056

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