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On Studying the Interrelationship amongst Possible Factors Affecting Biomedical Waste Management in Health Care SMEs

by Veena Aggarwal, Sanjana Bhat, V. K. Aggarwal, Remica Aggarwal
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 177 - Number 32
Year of Publication: 2020
Authors: Veena Aggarwal, Sanjana Bhat, V. K. Aggarwal, Remica Aggarwal
10.5120/ijca2020919794

Veena Aggarwal, Sanjana Bhat, V. K. Aggarwal, Remica Aggarwal . On Studying the Interrelationship amongst Possible Factors Affecting Biomedical Waste Management in Health Care SMEs. International Journal of Computer Applications. 177, 32 ( Jan 2020), 42-47. DOI=10.5120/ijca2020919794

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title = { On Studying the Interrelationship amongst Possible Factors Affecting Biomedical Waste Management in Health Care SMEs },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Jan 2020 },
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Abstract

Biomedical waste management (BMW) is one of the biggest challenges of the present day times because it has a direct impact on the health of human beings. Since it contains infectious and hazardous materials, its safe and proper disposal is extremely important. It is crucial on the part of the employees to know the hazards of the biomedical waste in the work environment and make its disposition effective and in a scientific manner. It is therefore important that related professionals should have adequate education , knowledge , attitudes as well as practices with respect to biomedical waste management. Present research work is on first identifying the various factors involved in bio-medical waste management in health care centers and SMEs and thereafter it tries to explore the possible inter-relationship amongst them using ISM methodology.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Bio-medical waste ISM methodology Health care SMEs Incineration Solid waste Hazardous Non-hazardous

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