Amid COVID-19, Reverse Logistics Management of Health Care Industry Makes Complicated
Amid COVID-19, Reverse Logistics Management of Health Care Industry Makes Complicated Globally, reverse logistics of health care industry is one of the crucial public health concerns with a huge environmental threat. Over the last decade, the growth of the medical sector around the world combined with an increase in the use of disposable medical products has contributed to the large amount of medical waste being generated. Medical waste including home care materials contains highly toxic metals, toxic chemicals, pathogenic viruses, and bacteria. As a result, several studies showed that this health care waste can present a mechanism for transmission of severe health problems as it contains highly toxicity chemicals. As per World Health Organization, the waste which is generated by health care activities includes a broad range of materials, such as used needles, syringes, diagnostic samples, blood, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and radioactive materials. The WHO ...