Reprocessing Zamak laryngoscope blades into new instrument parts; an ‘all-in-one’ experimental study

Exploring Circular Economy Practices in the Healthcare Sector: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis

“…The first of these works was published in 2016 [40]; prior to 2021, there were only seven publications [40][41][42][43][44][45][46], but there was an explosive increase in that year [30,33,37,39,[47][48][49][50][51][52]. Moreover, fourteen publications were recorded in 2022 [32,36,38,[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63], while in 2023, there were only five [34,[64][65][66][67]. Additionally, the figure illustrates the distribution of articles among different scientific journals, considering the distribution by year as described.…”

“…Furthermore, from an examination of research areas per journal, in addition to 15 subject areas of interest emerging, a clear focus on the environment in the subject area emerges, as "Environmental Sciences" is the prevailing area (27.40%), followed by "Engineering" (15.07%), "Medicine" (9.59%), "Economics, Econometrics and Finance" (8.22%), The first of these works was published in 2016 [40]; prior to 2021, there were only seven publications [40][41][42][43][44][45][46], but there was an explosive increase in that year [30,33,37,39,[47][48][49][50][51][52]. Moreover, fourteen publications were recorded in 2022 [32,36,38,[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63], while in 2023, there were only five [34,[64][65][66][67]. Additionally, the figure illustrates the distribution of articles among different scientific journals, considering the distribution by year as described.…”

“…The outcomes showed that significant contributions were made by the Netherlands (six publications) [33,34,[50][51][52]62], followed by India (five works) [36,46,47,54,56], Spain [39,65], and Iran (two articles) [57,58]. Additionally, the analysis revealed that two articles did not specify the country (indicated as "Not Specified" countries) [32,48], while four articles were labeled as "Multiple countries", due to their reliance on surveys and questionnaires that were administered in more than one country [40,43,53,67].…”

“…Further, another important area of application has been identified, medical devices and supplies (39%), which encompasses a wide range of practices involving apparatus, tools, implants, in vitro reagents, and disposable or semi-disposable elements used individually or in combination for medical purposes. The focus on practices related to the circular use of devices and supplies is most pronounced in Europe, with three studies conducted in the Netherlands [34,51,62] and two articles spanning multiple countries, labeled as "Multiple Countries" [40,53]. Furthermore, individual studies in this category are located in various European countries, including the United Kingdom [55], the Czech Republic [64], Ireland [45], Spain [65], Denmark [66], and Germany [49].…”