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Effective Medical Waste Management For Sustainable Green Healthcare, Sang M. Lee, Donhee Lee
Effective Medical Waste Management For Sustainable Green Healthcare, Sang M. Lee, Donhee Lee
Department of Management: Faculty Publications
This study examines the importance of medical waste management activities for developing a sustainable green healthcare environment. This study applied a multiple methodological approach as follows. A thorough review of the literature was performed to delineate the factors that have been explored for reducing medical waste; hospital staff who handle medical waste were surveyed to obtain their opinions on these factors; the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was applied to determine the priorities among the identified key factors; and experts’ opinions were consulted to assess the actual applicability of the results derived by the AHP. The study identified the following factors …