ABSTRACT

The Healthcare Waste Disposal Method Selection (HCWDMS) is a complicated problem due to multiple and often contradictory criteria with different importance degrees. Thus, decision-makers are restored to multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods to prioritize and select the best HCW disposal methods. This study introduces an enhanced MCDM method to deal with the HCWDMS problem. To address the problem, a comprehensive list of criteria and HCW disposal methods are identified. All the criteria are categorized into four main criteria, and Fuzzy Analysis Hierarchy Process is used to determine the weights of considered criteria and sub-criteria. The study results show that environmental, economic, technical, and social criteria are the most important in selecting disposal methods, respectively. Moreover, the sub-criteria of ‘Health Risk’, ‘Release with health effects’, and ‘Capital cost’ have the highest importance, respectively. Additionally, the methods of ‘Microwave’, ‘Sterilization by autoclave’, and ‘Reverse polymerization’ have the highest priority, respectively.

摘要

医疗废物处置方法选择（HCWDMS）是一个复杂的问题，因为有多个且往往相互矛盾的标准，且重要性程度不同。因此，决策者恢复到多标准决策（MCDM）方法来优先考虑并选择最佳的医护人员处置方法。本研究引入了一种增强的MCDM方法来处理HCWDMS问题。为了解决这个问题，确定了一份全面的标准和医护人员处置方法清单。所有标准分为四个主要标准，并使用模糊层次分析法确定所考虑标准和子标准的权重。研究结果表明，环境、经济、技术和社会标准分别是选择处置方法时最重要的因素。此外，“健康风险”的子标准，“释放对健康的影响”和“资本成本”分别具有最高的重要性。此外，“微波”、“高压灭菌器灭菌”和“反向聚合”方法分别具有最高优先级。