TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose This paper aims to explore current sustainable facilities management knowledge and practice, focussing specifically on sustainable waste management implementation in health-care facilities with an aim to conceptualize a framework for assessing performance and impact of successful implementation of safe and sustainable health-care waste management on health-care provision.Design/methodology/approach This paper used a review of existing literature in relation to health-care waste management in the context of sustainable facilities management and facilities management performance and forms a basis for further research.Findings The growing significance of the strategic role of facilities management is established. Building on this recognition, a conceptual framework for assessing both implementation of sustainable facilities management practice in the context of waste management in health-care facilities and its impact on health-care provision is proposed.Originality/value This paper conceptualizes a framework for optimizing safe and sustainable waste management implementation in health-care facilities and assessing its impact on the bottom-line of health-care provision.
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
SN  - 1472-5967
DO  - 10.1108/JFM-11-2017-0059
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JFM-11-2017-0059
AU  - Baaki Timothy Kurannen
AU  - Baharum Mohamad Rizal
AU  - Ali Azlan Shah
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Determining a conceptual framework for safe and sustainable health-care waste management (SSHCWM) implementation in health-care facilities
T2  - Journal of Facilities Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 40
EP  - 56
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -