Realising resource efficiency in the management of healthcare waste from the Cornwall National Health Service (NHS) in the UK

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1209-1218

  Tudor, T L ^a   Marsh, C L ^b   Butler, S ^c   Van Horn, J A ^d   Jenkin, L E T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c St Lawrences Hospital Bodmin   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; LOGISTICS; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DOMESTIC BAG WASTE; DOMESTIC WASTE QUANTITIES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH CARE; LOGISTICS; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL WASTE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41949105231     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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