Knowledge and Practice of Biomedical Waste Management and Awareness of 3 ‘R’s Concept Among Staff Nurses in the Hospital—A Cross-sectional Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
Bonam Soujanya Kumar ◽  
Md. Sameer ◽  
S. B. Vishnu murthy ◽  
G. S. C. N. V. Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

A prospective cross-sectional study on knowledge and practices of healthcare professionals on biomedical waste management from Nilgiris district, Tamilnadu

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 734-741
Author(s):  
Aneena Suresh ◽  
Oorvashree S ◽  
Jayalakshmi T ◽  
Ramyaa R S ◽  
Ngawang Choedon
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Major Fraction ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Professional Category

This study was conducted to ascertain the knowledge and practices related to biomedical waste management in secondary care hospitals in our region. The required information was obtained using a simple questionnaire which included 2 parts, namely, knowledge and practices with 16 and 20 questions respectively. Out of the 80 respondents, 75 % were females. Nurses constituted a major fraction of healthcare professionals (70%) in hospitals. About 47.5% of the respondents had a working experience of 0-5 years. Females had better knowledge and practices in the disposal of medical wastes (91.14% and 94.998%) as compared to males (88.125% and 89%). There was a significant association of age with the knowledge (p= 0.013) and insignificant regarding practice (p= 0.998) of healthcare professionals. The knowledge and practices of all healthcare professionals were overall good. There was a significant association between a professional category of healthcare professionals with knowledge (p= 0.00000181) and practices (p= 0.003129) of medical waste disposal. The results of the investigation uncovered that healthcare professionals had great learning about the disposal of biomedical waste. It was additionally discovered that healthcare professionals adhered to the strategies and the rules related to biomedical waste management.

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES RELATED TO BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT AMONG STAFF OF A TERTIARY CARE GOVERNMENT TEACHING HOSPITAL IN LUCKNOW

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-24
Author(s):  
Anitta Jose Ellenkil ◽  
Anila Varghese ◽  
Nitin Dutt Bharadwaj ◽  
U B Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Study Participants

Health care workers have an important role in managing the bio medical waste and periodic studies should be carried out in order to identify the gaps with respect to knowledge and practices of healthcare workers. This cross-sectional study was undertaken in a government tertiary care teaching hospital in Lucknow between June 2019 and June 2020. Sample size was calculated to be 407 and population proportion sampling was used. Data collection was done using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire translated to Hindi which was administered by the researcher to assess knowledge and attitudes. An observational checklist was used to assess the practices of bio medical waste management. Majority (72%) of the study participants had received training in biomedical waste management. Mean score of knowledge about Biomedical waste management rule was highest for doctors, followed by staff nurses and housekeeping staffs and paramedical staffs. Positive attitude was more among the paramedical staffs followed by doctors and housekeeping staffs. With respect to practice, highest mean score was observed for staff nurses followed by housekeeping staffs. Periodic trainings and appreciation will go a long way in reinforcing the good practices.

scholarly journals Attitude of intern doctors and B.Sc. nursing students regarding various aspects of biomedical waste (management and handling) rules: a cross sectional study

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 3909
Author(s):  
Rekha Acharya ◽  
Gaurav Sharma ◽  
Renu Sethia ◽  
Ratti Ram Meena
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Favourable Attitude

Background: Different types of waste are generated during healthcare activities. The waste so generated has chance of causing serious infection and also injury to persons who come in contact with it whether the contact is direct or indirect. Safe and sustainable health care waste management is not possible without a favourable attitude among health care providers. The objective of the study was to assess the attitude of Intern doctors and B.Sc. nursing students: the future health care providers, regarding various aspects of Biomedical Waste (Management and handling) Rules. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The study was conducted amongst Intern doctors and B.Sc. nursing students posted at Prince Bijay Singh Memorial (PBM) and associated group of hospitals attached to Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner. Results: In the study out of 204 respondents, 54.4% were B.Sc. nursing students and 45.6% were intern doctors. Statistically significant difference was seen in overall attitude of study population belonging to different professional group regarding biomedical waste management. Overall the attitude of study group was favourable. Conclusions: Favourable attitude of health care workers will go a long way in better implementation of biomedical waste management rules and thereby help in decreasing adverse health effects of improper waste handling. 

scholarly journals Assessment of Knowledge and Practice about Biomedical Waste Management and Associated Factors among Health Care Personnel in a Public Hospital of Rajasthan

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
Megha Sharma ◽  
Sandeep Kumar Uppadhaya
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Care Personnel ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Background: For proper disposal of biomedical waste, introduction of laws is only not sufficient but awareness among health care personnel and effective enforcement of existing BMWguidelines have primary importance. Lack of knowledge and practice on Bio-medical Waste Management has led to the hospitals becoming hub for spreading illness. Objective: To assess knowledge and practice about biomedical waste management and associated factors among health care personnel in public hospital. Material & Method: A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted in the January to March, 2019. Study participants included doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and ward boys working in a public hospital who deal with biomedical waste and were selected randomly to make the sample size of 150. Apretested semi-structured questionnaire was used. Result: Out of 150 participants, 75.3% and 54.7% Health Care Personnel have adequate knowledge and practice score respectively. Adequate knowledge was significantly associated with age, occupation, experience and previous training while adequate practice was significant associated with occupation and adequate knowledge. Conclusion: Study highlighted the need of a comprehensive training for all the categories of health care personnel.

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