| Component of clinical waste |
Sources |
Total |
|
(Perry, 2000) |
(Dawar, 2017) |
(Sohrab Hossain et al., 2013) |
(Jang, Lee, Yoon, & Kim, 2006). |
(B. K. Lee, Ellenbecker, & Moure-Eraso, 2002) |
(Dehghani, Azam, Changani, & Fard, 2008) |
(Liu, You, Lu, & Chen, 2015) |
|
(Curtis, & Mak, 1991) |
|
| Pathological Waste/Biomedical waste |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
9 |
| Pressurized Containers |
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
√ |
2 |
| Waste with high heavy metal content |
|
√ |
|
|
|
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
4 |
| Sharp |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
√ |
√ |
√ |
7 12 |
| Radioactive waste |
√ |
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
√ |
3 |
| Chemical waste |
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
√ |
√ |
3 |
| Infectious Waste |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
|
√ |
√ |
√ |
6 |
| Genotoxic Waste |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pharmaceutical Waste |
√ |
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
√ |
√ |
4 |
| Paper |
|
√ |
|
|
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
4 |
| Plastic |
|
√ |
|
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
5 |
| Glass |
|
√ |
|
|
|
√ |
√ |
|
|
3 |
| Textile |
|
√ |
|
|
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
4 |
| Absorbent cotton |
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Tissues |
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Organics |
|
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
1 |
