Does medical waste research during COVID-19 meet the challenge induced by the pandemic to waste management?

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  • Author(s): Wang Q;Wang Q;Wang Q; Zhang M; Zhang M; Li R; Li R; Li R
  • Source:
    Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA [Waste Manag Res] 2024 Mar; Vol. 42 (3), pp. 244-259. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 18.
  • Publication Type:
    Systematic Review; Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Sage Pulbications Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9881064 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1096-3669 (Electronic) NLM ISO Abbreviation: Waste Manag Res Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: : London : Sage Pulbications
      Original Publication: London ; New York : Academic Press, c1983-
    • Subject Terms:
      COVID-19*/epidemiology ; Medical Waste* ; Waste Management*; Humans ; Pandemics ; China/epidemiology
    • Abstract:
      The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented amount of medical waste, presenting significant challenges for the safe disposal of hazardous waste. A systematic review of existing research on COVID-19 and medical waste can help address these challenges by providing insights and recommendations for effective management of the massive medical waste generated during the pandemic. This study utilized bibliometric and text mining methods to survey the scientific outcomes related to COVID-19 and medical waste, drawing on data from the Scopus database. The results show that the spatial distribution of medical waste research is unbalanced. Surprisingly, developing countries rather than developed countries lead research in this area. Especially, China, a major contributor to the field, has the highest number of publications and citations, and is also a centre of international cooperation. The main study authors and research institutions are also mainly from China. And the research on medical waste is a multidisciplinary field. Text mining analysis shows that COVID-19 and medical waste research is mainly organized around four themes: (i) medical waste from personal protective equipment; (ii) research on medical waste in Wuhan, China; (iii) threats of medical waste to the environment and (iv) disposal and management of medical waste. This would serve to better understand the current state of medical waste research and to provide some implications for future research.
      Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: COVID-19; bibliometric; medical waste; network analysis; research hotspots; research trends; text mining analysis
    • Accession Number:
      0 (Medical Waste)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20230619 Date Completed: 20240304 Latest Revision: 20240304
    • Publication Date:
      20240304
    • Accession Number:
      PMC10277880
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/0734242X231178226
    • Accession Number:
      37334464