A study on knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among health care workers in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Puducherry
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Microbiology Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
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 InstitutionAims This study aims to detect the degree of knowledge attitude and practice of BMW management among HCWs in a tertiary care hospitalMaterials 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 scoreResults 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 8133 867 and 6933 of participants had above average KAP values respectivelyConclusion 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 HCWsKeywords Attitude Biomedical waste Knowledge Practice Questionnaire
Authors and Affiliations
Monika Sekar, Swapna M. , Joshy M Easow
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