Upsurge in biomedical waste due to COVID-19 in India: A statistical correlation, challenges and recommendations

Proper management of Biomedical Waste (BMW) is an essential component of any sustainable healthcare sector. With the burst of COVID-19 pandemic when every hospital and treatment facility was overburdened patients, efficient handling of the huge amount of generated BMW became a task for the entire wo...

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Main Authors: Ritu Khosla, Ashima Jha, Shweta Dua, Shivani G. Varmani, Namita Rajput, Balaram Pani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1022098/full