The study has highlighted ten key success factors that hospitals need to focus on while selecting a medical waste disposal firm. Source: Facebook
A study conducted by a team of researchers led by a professor from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has thrown light on the parameters that hospitals can focus on while selecting a firm for sustainable and safe medical waste disposal, the institute said in a statement recently.
The study, led by Surya Prakash Singh from the department of Management Studies in IIT Delhi, also prepared a framework aimed at guiding hospitals in the decision-making process while selecting an agency for medical waste disposal – an important part of hospital management, which has a direct impact on the environment.
“The aim of this study is to propose a hybrid multi criteria decision support framework integrated with mathematical models to tackle the issue of safe disposal of hazardous and infectious healthcare waste,” said Singh.
The study, he added, guides the hospital management in selecting economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable healthcare waste disposal firms.
Titled ‘Selection of Healthcare Waste Disposal Firms Using a Multi-Method Approach’, the research paper was published in the Journal of Environmental Management. This study has highlighted ten key success factors that hospitals need to focus on while selecting a medical waste disposal firm.
Ankur Chauhan from Jaipuriar Institute of Management in Noida assisted Singh in this study. The researchers believe that the outcomes of the study will help policymakers in the healthcare sector, hospitals, and entrepreneurs involved in the medical waste collection and reuse, and environment regulating agencies.