The Pattern of Clinical Waste Generation Rate in the State of Selangor from 2006 to 2021

Clinical waste, also known as scheduled waste, is defined as any waste that contains human tissues, blood or other bodily fluids, excretions, medication or pharmaceutical products and others. In recent decades, clinical waste generated by healthcare facilities in Malaysia has grown dramatically, especially with the exacerbation of its production during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Objective: This study aims to determine the pattern of clinical waste generation rate in the state of Selangor from 2006 to 2021. It also aims to serve as a brief to increase awareness and diligence in managing healthcare waste. Unsustainable production and consumption patterns are detrimental to the environment and may significantly affect long-term human health as well as economic stability, further entailing expensive clean-up and mitigation efforts. Hence, it is essential to ensure that legalframework and national policy towards clinical waste management measures are conducted in an environmentally friendly manner.

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Title: ScienceOpen Posters

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Publication date (Electronic preprint): 15 March 2023

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[1 ] Public Health Division, Perak State Health Department, Perak, Malaysia;

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[* ]Email: nitha_5@ 123456yahoo.com .

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Vanitha Thurairasu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9050-9921

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DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPTS6MD.v1

SO-VID: d5df7a43-7a99-4e57-924a-c35afb0f9644

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Date received : 15 March 2023

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Agamuthu P, Barasarathi Jayanthi. Clinical waste management under COVID-19 scenario in Malaysia. Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy. Vol. 39(1_suppl):18–26. 2021. SAGE Publications. [Cross Ref]
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[1] Agamuthu P, Barasarathi Jayanthi. Clinical waste management under COVID-19 scenario in Malaysia. Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy. Vol. 39(1_suppl):18–26. 2021. SAGE Publications. [Cross Ref]

[2] Jiang Xuguang, Li Yanhui, Yan Jianhua. Hazardous waste incineration in a rotary kiln: a review. Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy. Vol. 1(1):3–37. 2019. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. [Cross Ref]

[3] Mahyari Khadijeh Faraji, Sun Qiaoyu, Klemeš Jiří Jaromír, Aghbashlo Mortaza, Tabatabaei Meisam, Khoshnevisan Benyamin, Birkved Morten. To what extent do waste management strategies need adaptation to post-COVID-19? Science of The Total Environment. Vol. 837:2022. Elsevier BV. [Cross Ref]