Presentation of hospital waste management model at the source of production: systems dynamics approach
Background and aims: Today, waste management is one of the important pillars of resource management in hospitals. The purpose of this study was to identify the effective factors in the management of special medical wastes at the source of their production, to analyze these factors, and to determine...
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| description | Background and aims: Today, waste management is one of the important pillars of resource management in hospitals. The purpose of this study was to identify the effective factors in the management of special medical wastes at the source of their production, to analyze these factors, and to determine the most effective ones to improve the quality of management of such wastes.
Materials and Methods: In this research, the basics and dynamic components of systems were used to investigate the performance of hospital waste management in this field. For this purpose, the main indicators of the organization's performance were extracted from the research literature. Then, using the concepts of system dynamics, the effect of these factors was shown in the form of cause and effect diagrams. To explain the function of the proposed model, research variables were examined in the form of different scenarios to determine the effectiveness of each in different conditions.
Results: According to the presented flow diagram and the proposed scenarios, it was found that by using the optimal scenario, the various variables of the research, such as decontamination rate, collection, and unauthorized entry into urban waste reservoirs, through the explained relationships of the model in it improves about 15 to 40 percent.
Conclusion: The results obtained in this research ultimately lead to the reduction of environmental risks as well as the reduction of hazardous waste production, which can be a basis for explaining waste management strategies in medical centers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1618eb66019a4cdcb820d880226cf32a2025-02-01T09:41:06ZfasKurdistan University of Medical Sciencesمجله علمی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کردستان1560-652X2345-40402024-10-01294107122Presentation of hospital waste management model at the source of production: systems dynamics approachSaeideh Karimi0Lobat Taghavi1Nematollah Jafarzadeh Haghighi Fard2Jamal Ghodousi3Rouhallah Mahmoudkhani4 PhD student in environmental management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Full Professor ,Environmental Technologies Research Center ، Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences ، Ahvaz ، Iran Associate Professor, phd of Natural Resources, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Assistant Professor, Department of Environment Health, Tehran medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Background and aims: Today, waste management is one of the important pillars of resource management in hospitals. The purpose of this study was to identify the effective factors in the management of special medical wastes at the source of their production, to analyze these factors, and to determine the most effective ones to improve the quality of management of such wastes. Materials and Methods: In this research, the basics and dynamic components of systems were used to investigate the performance of hospital waste management in this field. For this purpose, the main indicators of the organization's performance were extracted from the research literature. Then, using the concepts of system dynamics, the effect of these factors was shown in the form of cause and effect diagrams. To explain the function of the proposed model, research variables were examined in the form of different scenarios to determine the effectiveness of each in different conditions. Results: According to the presented flow diagram and the proposed scenarios, it was found that by using the optimal scenario, the various variables of the research, such as decontamination rate, collection, and unauthorized entry into urban waste reservoirs, through the explained relationships of the model in it improves about 15 to 40 percent. Conclusion: The results obtained in this research ultimately lead to the reduction of environmental risks as well as the reduction of hazardous waste production, which can be a basis for explaining waste management strategies in medical centers.http://sjku.muk.ac.ir/article-1-7713-en.pdfmanagement indicatorshospital wastesimulationoptimizationsystem dynamics |
| spellingShingle | Saeideh Karimi Lobat Taghavi Nematollah Jafarzadeh Haghighi Fard Jamal Ghodousi Rouhallah Mahmoudkhani Presentation of hospital waste management model at the source of production: systems dynamics approach مجله علمی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کردستان management indicators hospital waste simulation optimization system dynamics |
| title | Presentation of hospital waste management model at the source of production: systems dynamics approach |
| title_full | Presentation of hospital waste management model at the source of production: systems dynamics approach |
| title_fullStr | Presentation of hospital waste management model at the source of production: systems dynamics approach |
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| title_short | Presentation of hospital waste management model at the source of production: systems dynamics approach |
| title_sort | presentation of hospital waste management model at the source of production systems dynamics approach |
| topic | management indicators hospital waste simulation optimization system dynamics |
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