Knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among health care personnel in a teaching institution in Haryana, India

Anand, Puneet; Jain, Rakhi; Dhyani, Anuj

doi:10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20163115

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“…16 The knowledge about the diseases transmitted through BMW was highest (100%) among doctors, 86.95% among nurses and 43.47% among grade IV workers in our study. Similar findings were also reported by Anand P et al 24 of about 91.6% by doctors, 81.8% by nurses and 41.6% by grade IV workers. The knowledge on biohazard symbol was found to be 100% by doctors, 97.8% among nurses and grade IV workers in our study, whereas by Anand P et al reported to be 87.5% among doctors, 52.7% nurses and 20% by grade IV workers.…”

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

Rabha¹,

Bayan²,

Nath³

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“…[10,11] A self-designed pretested questionnaire [Annexure 1] as in all other studies done in this contemporary time, was used. [5,[12][13][14] We critically felt that a universal tool should be developed for assessment to establish uniformity. Participation in the survey was purely voluntary and anonymous.…”

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“…To ensure the understandability of the questionnaire, a trial test comprising of five participants from each study population group was done before the actual study. [12] The language of the questionnaire was adjusted for clear-cut understanding, following discussion with the trial groups (English mainly for all except sanitation staff [n = 109]).…”

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“…[9] Although numerous studies on the knowledge, attitude, a n d p r a c t i c e s ( K A P ) o f B M W r u l e s , 1 9 9 8 , e x i s t , s t u d i e s o n B M W M R u l e s , 2 0 1 6 , a n d BMWM (Amendment) Rules, 2018, are scarce. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Just teaching about the rules without assessing the depth of understanding has led to a lot of mishaps related to biomedical waste. This study was done to test the KAP of BMWM (Principle) Rule, 2016, and BMWM (Amendment) Rule, 2018, and Solid Waste (SW) rules, 2016, among health-care workers (HCWs) in a tertiary care setup.…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and practices of Bio-medical Waste Management rules, 2016; Bio-medical Waste Management (amendment) rules, 2018; and Solid Waste Rules, 2016, among health-care workers in a tertiary care setup

2019

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INTRODUCTION: Biomedical waste poses physical, chemical, radiological, and microbiological risks to the public and health-care workers (HCWs) for current and future generations. AIM: The aim was to gauge the depth of understanding amongst HCWs on biomedical waste management (BMWM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A predesigned questionnaire on knowledge, attitude, and practices on BMWM Rules, 2016 (Principle), and 2018 (Amendment), Solid Waste Rules, 2016, and health hazards in HCW was distributed to all participants. RESULTS: Only 68% of the participants knew that the most important step in waste management is waste segregation. Eighty-two percent of the HCWs working in this setup knew of the different color-coded bins used for segregation. However, awareness was lacking with respect to health hazards associated with improperly segregated and disposed off biomedical waste as only 49% answered the questions on the hazards of waste correctly. Laboratory waste handling was found to be the least understood area of the newer guidelines. CONCLUSIONS: Training aspects of health-care waste management should be strengthened so that the current, existing, and future regulations are practiced diligently and uniformly. Periodic evaluation and assessment should become routine to enforce adherence to waste management.

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“…The study by Anand P et al also found that sanitary workers had very low KAP values regarding BMW management. 21 Sanitary staffs remain as the grey area and therefore CMEs and training programs should be specifically addressed to cover this group by means of native language and pictorial representations. HCWs of our Institution has got better attitude towards BMW management when compared to knowledge and practice.…”

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A study on knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among health care workers in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Puducherry

Sekar¹,

Swapna²,

Easow³

2020

IJMR

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Introduction: Health care workers (HCWs) are constantly associated with generation, segregation and disposal of biomedical wastes (BMW). Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of BMW management among HCWs are the three determinants used to evaluate the effective functioning of BMW management system of the Institution. Aims: This study aims to detect the degree of knowledge, attitude and practice of BMW management among HCWs in a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods:This study included 150 HCWs from five groups (postgraduates, interns, nurses, technicians and sanitary staffs), each group comprising of 30 individuals. They were instructed to tick their response in the questionnaire containing 30 questions (10 questions about each parameter) and were graded as good, average and poor based on individual score. Results: Order of decreasing knowledge and practice seen among the five groups was postgraduates followed by laboratory technicians, interns, nurses and sanitary staffs. Decreasing order of attitude was postgraduates, interns and laboratory technicians with same score, followed by nurses and sanitary staffs. In our study, 81.33%, 86.7% and 69.33% of participants had above average KAP values respectively. Conclusion: Postgraduates and interns had better understanding of BMW management than other groups. Laboratory technicians were better than nurses and sanitary staffs. Sanitary workers were highly ignorant regarding BMW management. So a continuing medical education program on BMW management should be conducted on yearly basis to train and update newly appointed as well as existing HCWs.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among health care personnel in a teaching institution in Haryana, India

Cited by 30 publications

References 9 publications

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

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

Knowledge, attitude, and practices of Bio-medical Waste Management rules, 2016; Bio-medical Waste Management (amendment) rules, 2018; and Solid Waste Rules, 2016, among health-care workers in a tertiary care setup

A study on knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among health care workers in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Puducherry

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