Improving waste segregation while reducing costs in a tertiary-care hospital in a lower-middle-income country in Central America

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 733-738

  Johnson, Kyle M ^a   González, Miriam L ^b   Dueñas, Lourdes ^c   Gamero, Mario ^c   Relyea, George ^b   Luque, Laura E ^d   Caniza, Miguela A ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c Hospital Nacional de Niños Benjamín Bloom San Salvador   (El Salvador)

^d RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost reduction; education; infection prevention; medical waste; Resource limited country

Indexed keywords

HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS; HEALTHCARE WASTES; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MANAGEMENT EDUCATION; MEDICAL WASTES; NATIONAL POLICIES; RESOURCE-LIMITED COUNTRY;

BLOOMS (METAL); COST REDUCTION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLLUTION POLICY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COST REDUCTION; EDUCATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL WASTE; RESOURCE-LIMITED COUNTRY;

COST CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EL SALVADOR; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; INCOME; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 84879355476     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X13484192     Document Type: Article

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