A Cross Sectional Study on Health Care Waste Management among Health Care Personnel in a Tertiary Care Center, Kannur, Kerala, India

Shyamala, R.; Naveen, G.

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2016.509.037

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“…[10,16] Other studies conducted among nurses showed good level of practice among nurses which was in line with the present study. [7,11,13,17] In our study, about 40% of nursing students reported unsafe practices of recapping used needles which may expose them to needle stick injury. This was in contrast with a study that reported higher recapping practices among nurses.…”

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“…[18][19][20] In contrast to the present study, several other studies showed good/adequate knowledge levels among nurses. [9,17,21] Another study showed adequate knowledge among nursing students regarding biomedical waste management. [11] Nursing student needs to improve their knowledge and translate it into their clinical practice.…”

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“…[4,18] Nursing students had an excellent attitude regarding biomedical waste management which is comparable to studies among nursing students. [5,10] Studies conducted among nurses and health care workers also showed positive attitude [11,15,17] while negative attitude was also shown Vol.11; Issue: 9; September 2021 among nurses. [3] A study reported poor attitude among resident doctors regarding biomedical waste management in comparison to nursing staff.…”

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

Tiwari¹,

Srivastava²,

Chauhan³

2021

Int J Health Sci Res

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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.

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

Tiwari¹,

Srivastava²,

Chauhan³

2021

Int J Health Sci Res

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“…Most of the health care workers used the personal protective measures except eye shields (26%) by doctors and gumboots (91%) by grade IV workers. In a study conducted by Shyamala R (2016) 10 found that only 88% of the health care workers used protective measures to prevent health hazards. Pandit NB et al (2005) 11 found that lack of knowledge about waste management among doctors, which affects the safe practices for management.…”

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Study on Assessment of Biomedical Waste Management Practices in a Tertiary Care Hospital in a District of Assam

Rabha¹,

Bayan²,

Nath³

et al. 2018

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BACKGROUND Biomedical waste management is an important issue for public health. Biomedical waste not only causes health hazard to medical personnel, but also is an important threat to the public and to the environment. The objective of the study is to assess the biomedical waste management practices and to evaluate the knowledge regarding biomedical waste management practices among healthcare workers. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam during April '17-Sept '17. Using purposive sampling method, a total of 138 healthcare personnel were selected, with three groups of 46 each of doctors, nurses and grade IV workers working in the hospital. Data was collected using a pre-tested, structured questionnaire. Data compilation and analysis was done by using Microsoft Excel 2007. RESULTS The study has found that the highest numbers of blue/ white bins (96.2%) and yellow bins (90.7%) were correctly located. Red bags were available sufficiently and only 90 (7%) (yellow bags) were available. Collection, separation, storage and transportation of all the bags in the hospitals were done 100% daily. The usage of personal protective equipment was also found to be satisfactory, but all the personal protective equipment was not available 100%. The training of the health care workers was also found to be inadequate in the hospital. The knowledge and practices of biomedical waste management among the healthcare workers were also found to be inadequate in the hospital. Hepatitis B vaccination status among the health care workers was also found to be inadequate. CONCLUSION The study concluded that the biomedical waste management practices among the healthcare workers/ personnel was found to be average. There must be proper implementation of management policy as well as training and immunisation among the health workers in the health facilities.

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“…Data were collected using a pretested and structured selfadministered questionnaire which was adapted from the WHO recommendation assessment tool and different literature. 24,25 The tool contained three main components like sociodemographic factors, behavioral factors, work environment factors, and practice questions related with waste management. Three data collectors (two BSc nurse, one health officer) and one supervisor whose background is BSc nurse were recruited for this survey.…”

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Health-care Waste Management and Risk Factors Among Health Professionals in Public Health Facilities of South Omo Zone, South West Ethiopia, 2018

Snr¹,

Girma²,

Haftu³

et al. 2021

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A Cross Sectional Study on Health Care Waste Management among Health Care Personnel in a Tertiary Care Center, Kannur, Kerala, India

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

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

Study on Assessment of Biomedical Waste Management Practices in a Tertiary Care Hospital in a District of Assam

Health-care Waste Management and Risk Factors Among Health Professionals in Public Health Facilities of South Omo Zone, South West Ethiopia, 2018

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