PMID- 38486721
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240316
IS  - 2405-8440 (Print)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Electronic)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 5
DP  - 2024 Mar 15
TI  - Evaluating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical waste disposal using 
      preference selection index with CRADIS in a fuzzy environment.
PG  - e26997
LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26997 [doi]
LID - e26997
AB  - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge in essential medical supplies usage, 
      leading to a notable increase in medical waste generation. Consequently, 
      extensive research has focused on sustainable disposal methods to handle used 
      medical equipment safely. Given the necessity to evaluate these methods 
      considering qualitative and quantitative criteria, this falls within the realm of 
      multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM). This study introduces a framework for 
      selecting the most suitable medical waste treatment methods, taking into account 
      economic, technological, environmental, and social aspects. Sixteen criteria were 
      assessed using the Fuzzy Preference Selection Index (F-PSI) to determine the 
      optimal waste disposal approach. Additionally, the Fuzzy Compromise Ranking of 
      Alternatives from Distance to Ideal Solution (F-CRADIS) method was employed to 
      evaluate nine technologies for medical waste disposal. Notably, disinfection 
      efficiency emerged as the most crucial criterion, with autoclaving identified as 
      the preferred method for medical waste treatment. A practical case study 
      conducted in Sivas, Turkey, validates the feasibility of these strategies. 
      Multiple sensitivity analyses were performed to ensure the stability and 
      reliability of the proposed approach.
CI  - (c) 2024 The Authors.
FAU - Demir, Ahmet Turan
AU  - Demir AT
AD  - Department of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Institute of Graduate Studies, 
      Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, 60250, Tokat, Turkey.
FAU - Moslem, Sarbast
AU  - Moslem S
AD  - School of Architecture Planning and Environmental Policy, University College 
      Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 15, D04 V1W8, Ireland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240301
PL  - England
TA  - Heliyon
JT  - Heliyon
JID - 101672560
PMC - PMC10937520
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - CRADIS
OT  - Fuzzy sets
OT  - Medical waste disposal
OT  - Multi-criteria decision-making
OT  - Preference selection index
OT  - Sensitivity analysis
COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or 
      personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in 
      this paper.
EDAT- 2024/03/15 06:43
MHDA- 2024/03/15 06:44
PMCR- 2024/03/01
CRDT- 2024/03/15 03:56
PHST- 2023/10/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/02/09 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2024/02/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/03/15 06:44 [medline]
PHST- 2024/03/15 06:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/03/15 03:56 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2405-8440(24)03028-7 [pii]
AID - e26997 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26997 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Heliyon. 2024 Mar 1;10(5):e26997. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26997. eCollection 
      2024 Mar 15.