Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth | |
Keeping in Pace with New Biomedical Waste Management Rules: Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Health-Care Workers of a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India | |
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Bhalla, Gurpreet Singh1  Bandyopadhyay, Kuntal2  Pandey, Chetna3  Anand, Navneet4  Gupta, Shilpi1  | |
[1] Department of Lab Sciences, Army Hospital;Dept of Community Medicine;Department of Lab Sciences, Base Hospital;Department of Lab Sciences, Military Hospital | |
关键词: Attitude; biomedical waste management rules; health-care workers; knowledge; practice; | |
DOI : 10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_335_20 | |
学科分类:社会科学、人文和艺术(综合) | |
来源: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications | |
【 摘 要 】
Background: Due to changes in biomedical waste management rules in 2016 and further amendments frequently thereafter, there is a need to constantly update oneself on this subject, especially the health-care workers (HCWs). Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted among the HCWs in a tertiary care hospital. A total of 500 pretested questionnaire were distributed with 427 feedbacks received. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20 and Epi Info software. Results: A total of 427 participants responded with an overall response rate of 85.4%, which included 57 doctors (faculty), 124 resident doctors, 116 nurses, 110 paramedical staff, and 20 housekeeping staff. The mean age of the overall study group was found to be 30.06 ± 8.30 years with 242 male (56.67%) and 185 (42.33%) female participants in the study. The overall percentage of satisfactory response (≥60%) for the domains of knowledge, attitudes, and practices shows a declining trend as per occupation with best response among the faculty and worst among the supporting staff with a significant association (P < 0.001) for previous training and higher correct response among the participants. Conclusions: Overall awareness of this subject is unsatisfactory across various levels of health-care facilities, especially among the grassroot level workers. Thus, widespread publicity, continuous training programs, and audits are must for awareness and uniformity in practices through all echelons.
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