Impacts of Health Education on Knowledge and Practice of Hospital Staff with Regard to Healthcare Waste Management at White Nile State Main Hospitals , Sudan

Elnour, Ahmed M.; Moussa, Mayada; El-Borgy, Mohamed Darwish; Fadelella, Nur Eldin Eltahir; Mahmoud, Aleya Hanafy

doi:10.12816/0024698

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“…On the other hand, nurses had better KAP as compared to paramedical staff in our study. Studies have often combined the nursing and paramedical, such as sanitation staff 19 ; we have, in our study, shown separate findings for these groups of workers. However our results are consistent with studies, form the region and outside 20,21 , which showed that physicians had better KAP as compared to nurses and later had better KAP than sanitation staff.…”

Section: Correlates Of Knowledge Attitude and Practices About Healthsupporting

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Correlates Of Knowledge, Attitude And Practices About Health Care Waste Management Among Hospital Workers Of Pakistan

2018

J LIAQUAT UNI MED HEALTH SCI

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BACKGROUND: Healthcare waste is considered as neglected public health problem in developing countries. OBJECTIVES: We aimed this study to explore the factors affecting the Knowledge, attitude and practices of health workers regarding healthcare waste management (HCWM) in Pakistan. METHODS: Cross sectional study was done in two major public-sector hospitals in Pakistan. Validated, pre-structured questionnaire used to interview 275 physicians, nurses and other auxiliary staff after taking written consent. The sample size was selected according to the proportional size of the each HCW after sample size calculation for their equal representation from all the healthcare workers groups. RESULTS: The responses to 24 questions for knowledge, 12 questions for attitude and 20 for practice were used to create three respective dependent variables for analysis to measure independent association of socio-demographic factors on the health workers' knowledge, attitude and practice. Younger workers, males and paramedics were statistically significantly less likely to achieve mean score on knowledge and HCWM practices (P=<0.05). Operation theatres workers as compared to other departments were 25 times more knowledgeable and had better practices (P=<0.05). Paramedical staff was more knowledgeable and had better practices while handling the healthcare waste as compared to physicians and nursing staff (P=<0.001). Physicians had positive attitude as compare to paramedics and nursing staff (P=<0.001). Workers with 5-10 years of experience were 4 times more likely to have positive attitude about HCWM (P=<0.02). CONCLUSION: The occupation was statistically significant factors affecting the Knowledge, attitude and practices among doctors, paramedics and nurses.

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Section: Correlates Of Knowledge Attitude and Practices About Healthsupporting

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Correlates Of Knowledge, Attitude And Practices About Health Care Waste Management Among Hospital Workers Of Pakistan

2018

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“…Most of the barriers (lack of training, low awareness, financial constraints, lack of or ineffective legislation) which led to improper HCWM have been documented in previous studies [91]. Interventional programmes based on education were found to work well in similar contexts [69,93]. For example, HCP at the main hospitals of the White Nile State in Sudan recorded a significant improvement in their knowledge and practice with regard to HCWM immediately after an educational intervention programme [69].…”

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“…Interventional programmes based on education were found to work well in similar contexts [69,93]. For example, HCP at the main hospitals of the White Nile State in Sudan recorded a significant improvement in their knowledge and practice with regard to HCWM immediately after an educational intervention programme [69]. In addition, needles may contain toxic or radioactive substances.…”

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Healthcare Waste Management: A Case Study from Sudan

2018

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Healthcare waste (HCW) represents a major public health issue, especially in developing countries. Among HCW categories, sharps waste is one of the most hazardous. Exposure to needle-stick injuries can lead to blood-borne pathogens, therefore HCW should be managed in an effective manner. The main aims of this study were to assess the current management of used needles and to suggest suitable recommendations for an improved and safer system for needle management in Khartoum, Sudan. The study showed that the management of both healthcare and home-generated HCW in Sudan is inefficient, as all wastes are mixed together and disposed of improperly, especially used needles. The study attributes this to many reasons, including lack of waste segregation at the source, lack of policies, failure of planning, inadequate training, lack of awareness of the hazardous nature of such kinds of waste, weak infrastructure, and a lack of suitable treatment technologies. The estimated average generated rate of HCW ranged from 0.38 to 0.87 kg/bed/day in 2009 and 2012, respectively. Such ineffective healthcare waste management HCWM, especially used needles, can put public health as well as the environment at risk, particularly waste workers, thus urgent action needs to be taken by all involved parties and at all levels.

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“…A study from Sudan measured similar outcomes and showed the persistence of the effects of training of healthcare workers on HCWM guidelines after three months. 20 …”

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Impact of waste management training intervention on knowledge, attitude and practices of teaching hospital workers in Pakistan

2016

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Objective:To evaluate the sustainability and effectiveness of training as an intervention to improve the knowledge, attitude and practices of hospital workers on health care waste management.Method:We conducted this quasi-experimental study in two tertiary care teaching hospitals in Rawalpindi in October 2013. Training, practical demonstrations and reminders on standard waste management were given to 138 hospital workers in one hospital and compared with 137 workers from the control hospital. We collected data 18 months after intervention through a structured questionnaire to assess the impact of the intervention. We used paired t-test to compare the scores on knowledge, attitude and practices at baseline and first follow up and final impact assessment. Chi square test was used to compare group variables between intervention and control groups.Results:After 18 months since intervention the mean scores on knowledge attitude and practices differed statistically significantly since baseline and intervention group had statistically significantly better knowledge positive attitudes and good health care waste management practices (p < 0.001). Health care and sanitary workers in intervention group scored statistically significantly higher (p < 0.001).Conclusion:Trainings of health and sanitary workers on health care waste management guidelines were sustainable among the intervention group after 18 months which shows the positive impact of our intervention. It is recommended that the trainings as intervention be included in the overall policies of the public and private sector hospitals in Pakistan and other similar settings.

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Impacts of Health Education on Knowledge and Practice of Hospital Staff with Regard to Healthcare Waste Management at White Nile State Main Hospitals , Sudan

Cited by 22 publications

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Correlates Of Knowledge, Attitude And Practices About Health Care Waste Management Among Hospital Workers Of Pakistan

Correlates Of Knowledge, Attitude And Practices About Health Care Waste Management Among Hospital Workers Of Pakistan

Healthcare Waste Management: A Case Study from Sudan

Impact of waste management training intervention on knowledge, attitude and practices of teaching hospital workers in Pakistan

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