Prediction of infectious waste generation in a city: a system dynamics approach

Mochammad Chaerul, . (2008) Prediction of infectious waste generation in a city: a system dynamics approach. [Proceedings Paper]

Healthcare activities can lead to the generation of various types of wastes that may have adverse effects on human health and on the environment. Although the portion of infectious and hazardous waste is relatively small improper waste management in which the infectious waste is mixed with the general waste can lead to the entire bulk of the wastes becoming potentially infectious. Therefore a proper prediction of infectious waste generation becomes crucial for the management to perform the waste separation at source. Moreover it will be useful also to determine capacity of the infectious waste treatment. By a conventional approach the generation of infectious waste is predicted using the number of bed available in hospitals. It may not describe the precise amount as the infectious waste could be generated also from other healthcare establishments like midwives healthcare centres etc. Further. by applying a system dynamics approach various factor including public health economic status social aspects regulations etc need to be incorporated into the system and it is essential to determine the role of those factors to the total infectious waste generation in a city. It is expected also that the model could represent the prediction of infectious waste generation in a developing country.

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Healthcare activities can lead to the generation of various types of wastes that may have adverse effects on human health and on the environment. Although the portion of infectious and hazardous waste is relatively small improper waste management in which the infectious waste is mixed with the general waste can lead to the entire bulk of the wastes becoming potentially infectious. Therefore a proper prediction of infectious waste generation becomes crucial for the management to perform the waste separation at source. Moreover it will be useful also to determine capacity of the infectious waste treatment. By a conventional approach the generation of infectious waste is predicted using the number of bed available in hospitals. It may not describe the precise amount as the infectious waste could be generated also from other healthcare establishments like midwives healthcare centres etc. Further. by applying a system dynamics approach various factor including public health economic status social aspects regulations etc need to be incorporated into the system and it is essential to determine the role of those factors to the total infectious waste generation in a city. It is expected also that the model could represent the prediction of infectious waste generation in a developing country.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	Available at Perpustakaan Sultan Abdul Samad Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Malaysia. GE90 M3I61 2008 Call Number
AGROVOC Term:	Wastes
AGROVOC Term:	Prediction
AGROVOC Term:	Health care
AGROVOC Term:	Environment
AGROVOC Term:	Health hazards
AGROVOC Term:	Waste management
AGROVOC Term:	Waste treatment
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:14
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11745

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