Assess the Level of Knowledge on Biomedical Waste Management among IV Year B.Sc. Nursing Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Biomedical Waste Management as Per 2019 Rules among Nursing Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Surya Kant Tiwari ◽  
Saumya P. Srivastava ◽  
Soni Chauhan
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Periodic Monitoring ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Student's Attitudes

Introduction- Biomedical waste is of global subject today. The biomedical waste (management and handling) rules came into existence in 1998 with the latest amendment being made in 2019. Methods- This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried among 163 nursing students to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding biomedical waste management as per 2019 rules using total enumeration method. Nursing students who had clinical exposure >6 months and willing to participate were included in the study. Nursing students who were in their 1st academic year were excluded. The questionnaire was divided into four components assessing knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding biomedical waste management. The obtained scores of participants were converted into percentages and categorized as excellent (> 70%) and poor (< 70%). Results- Mean age of participants was 21.54 + 2.49 years with the majority being female (81.6%) and studying in B.Sc. nursing (59.5%). Majority of participants had poor level of knowledge in various domains of biomedical waste management like awareness (78.5%), color coding (84.7%), biomedical waste disposal methods (92.6%), and universal precautions (97.5%) except for biomedical waste hazard symbol (15.3%). About 95.1% of participants had overall poor knowledge regarding biomedical waste management. Nearly 76.1% and 74.2% of participants showed positive attitudes and safe practice patterns respectively. Conclusion- Although nursing student’s attitudes and patterns of practice were excellent yet they had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge related to recent amendments in biomedical waste management rules, 2019. Regular teaching and periodic monitoring of practices regarding biomedical waste are highly recommended. Key words: knowledge, attitude, practices, biomedical waste, nursing students.

EFFECT OF GAMING ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT AMONG NURSING STUDENTS IN SELECTED NURSING COLLEGES, BHUBANESWAR

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
KHANAM RIYA ◽  
CHORAI GOROTI ◽  
BHATTACHARYA KRISHNAKALI ◽  
SWAIN AISHWARYA ◽  
JOSEPH NEETHU MARIA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Biomedical Waste

scholarly journals A Descriptive Study on Knowledge of Registered Nurses Regarding Hospital Protocols on Biomedical Waste and Spillage Management and Needle Stick Injury in a Selected Hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 045-047
Author(s):  
Pramila Dsouza ◽  
Savitha Pramilda Cutinho ◽  
Benita Reema D'Silva ◽  
Lanisha Sharon D'Souza ◽  
Dainy Reshma D'Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Needle Stick Injury ◽  
Needle Stick ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Good Level ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

Abstract Background: Infection control is a major component in health care practices. The health care team while providing services of curative, promotive or preventive, inevitably create waste and also cause injury which may be hazardous to health. Poor waste management practices pose a huge risk to the health of public, patients, professionals and also contribute to environmental degradation. Nurses as the part of health care personnel is expected to have proper knowledge, practice, and 6 capacity to guide others for waste collection, management, and proper handling techniques. Method: A descriptive study was conducted to assess the knowledge of nurses on biomedical waste Management, spillage management and to determine needle stick injury among 210 registered nurses working in various wards of selected hospital. The convenient sampling technique was used to select the subjects. Baseline proforma and structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect the data and data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: In this study it has been found that the majority of staff nurses (78.6%) had good level of knowledge, 18.1% had very good level of knowledge and 3.33% had satisfactory level of knowledge on Biomedical Waste and Spillage Management and Needle Stick Injury. Conclusion: The findings of the study have shown that majority of staff nurses have good level of knowledge on Biomedical Waste and Spillage Management and Needle Stick Injury.

scholarly journals Knowledge attitude and practices of biomedical waste management among medical and nursing students in a teaching hospital of J & K, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-23
Author(s):  
Dipender Kaur Najotra ◽  
◽  
Poonam Slathia ◽  
Shivani Raina ◽  
Sarika Ghai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Biomedical Waste

“EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO NABH PROTOCOL”

2021 ◽  
pp. 69-70
Author(s):  
Lubna Pandey ◽  
Rajni Udeniya
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Teaching Program ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Nursing College

This research study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching program on knowledge regarding biomedical waste management according to NABH protocol among selected nursing student of selected nursing college of Indore city the target population consist of nursing student, sample size are 60 nursing students, and Non- probability convenient sampling technique was used. Demographic variables were used. The mean score of nursing students regarding biomedical waste management according to NABH protocol is 11.05 in pre-interventional & post- interventional mean score is 21.87, mean difference of biomedical waste management according to NABH protocol is 10.82 with Standard Deviation was 2.12 of pre-interventional and 2.32 is Standard Deviation of postinterventional, & calculated 't' value is 32.89 at df 59 which is higher than the tabulated 't' value 2.00 at 0.05 level of Signicance. The study concluded that knowledge of biomedical waste management according to NABH protocol of nursing students is satisfactory or up to the mark but when compared pre-interventional and post-interventional.

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