TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing Medical Waste in Humanitarian Supply Chains: Lessons for Healthcare Services
AU - Zarei, Mohammad Hossein
PY - 2022/11/2
Y1 - 2022/11/2
N2 - This article sheds light on the issue of medical waste in humanitarian supply chains. The challenges of managing medical waste in the volatile humanitarian context will be discussed, along with ways to address these challenges using digital tools and technologies, inter-organisational collaboration and the ‘designing out’ of waste. This article will contextualise the lessons learnt from the humanitarian sector for healthcare service providers, such as NHS.
AB - This article sheds light on the issue of medical waste in humanitarian supply chains. The challenges of managing medical waste in the volatile humanitarian context will be discussed, along with ways to address these challenges using digital tools and technologies, inter-organisational collaboration and the ‘designing out’ of waste. This article will contextualise the lessons learnt from the humanitarian sector for healthcare service providers, such as NHS.
KW - Humanitarian supply chain
KW - Medical waste
KW - Sustainability
KW - Waste management
UR - https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjhc.2022.0091
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85142492650&origin=inward
U2 - 10.12968/bjhc.2022.0091
DO - 10.12968/bjhc.2022.0091
M3 - Article
SN - 1358-0574
VL - 28
SP - 269
EP - 274
JO - British Journal of Healthcare Management
JF - British Journal of Healthcare Management
IS - 11
ER -