Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF MEDICAL WASTE AND ITS INCREASE AFTER COVID-19 PANDEMIC Subject The topic of the resource environmental impact; groundwater pollution; hazardous waste; heavy metals and mitigation strategies; improper disposal; medical waste; public health Description An account of the resource Medical waste is a special course of harmful contaminants. Improper treatment would cause tributary environmental pollution, expressly when countering to communal health tragedies. However, there are quite few explores on the peer group of medical waste, and there is a deficiency of basic considerate of its spatial-temporal heterogeneity. The purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic estimation of the effectiveness of these incongruous discarding procedures in expressions of water eminence and wellbeing. The research is centred on municipal areas characterised by vital medical waste production, which has the probable to taint groundwater and water sources. A complex approach is exploited in the procedure, which comprises of water sample collection, laboratory analysis, field surveys, and GIS-based spatial mapping. Medical waste disposal hotspots, such as healthcare facilities, waste collection points, and disposal sites, will be acknowledged through field surveys. Inspects will be showed on water samples poised from a variability of sources, including lakes, rivers, and groundwater wells, to find pathogens, medical residues, heavy metals, and organic pollutants, which are all gauges of medical waste contamination. The test centre analysis will utilise chic policies to portion the deliberation of pollutants in water samples, thereby gauging the likely hazards they pose to marine ecosystems and human health. Longitudinal visualisation of uncleanness distribution through GIS-based mapping facilitates the credentials of vulnerable areas and potential pathways for pollutant transport. The findings of this research will offer significant helps to our understanding of the extent of environmental deterioration resulting from the inadequate disposal of medical refuse into urban water sources. The results of this study will provide valuable insights for the creation of alertness campaigns, regulatory frameworks, and mitigation strategies that are operative in talking this urgent environmental concern and shielding the truthfulness of water in municipal regions. 2024, Scibulcom Ltd.. All rights reserved. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sharma B.; Sailaja M.; Bansal R.; Soujanya K.; Nerlekar T.; Acharjee P.B.; Rajagopal R. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, Vol-25, No. 6, pp. 1833-1845. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Scibulcom Ltd. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85207467453&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=7838f33df49c32cfef30361915ea5032" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85207467453&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=7838f33df49c32cfef30361915ea5032</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 13115065 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Sharma B., Geeta University, Panipat, India; Sailaja M., Department of CSE, Ravindra College of Engineering for Women, Kurnool, India; Bansal R., Department of Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, Phagwara, India; Soujanya K., Department of BBA, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, Guntur, India; Nerlekar T., Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Technology, Pimpri, Pune, India; Acharjee P.B., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST University, Bangalore, India; Rajagopal R., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Alliance School of Advanced Computing, Alliance University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India