Biomedical waste management practices at a paediatric tertiary care hospital of Kashmir valley
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction In healthcare settings where patient care is carried out a certain type of waste is generated which has the potential to put humans and environment to the risk of infectious diseases and environmental pollution respectivelyObjectives The present study has been embraced to survey the information regarding BioMedical waste among the staff a tertiary care paediatric hospital in Kashmir valley JKMaterials and Methods Paediatric hospital associated with GMC Srinagar was visited by a team of public health specialists A total of 25 interviews were conducted in which five doctors five staff nurses five pharmacists five laboratory technicians and five sanitary personnel participated The data was acquired from the respondents through a preoutlined pretested survey questionnaire with respect to Biomedical Waste Management and Handling guideline 2016Results The awareness and knowledge about current BMW guidelines 2016 was highest among Laboratory technicians and sanitary personals The sanitary personals had also better awareness about existing operational guidelines in the hospital and proper waste disposal methodsConclusion The sanitary personals and laboratory technicians were seen to be great in theoretical knowledge of rules legislations and public health importance of BMW management rules 2016 While for doctors and nursing staff the reverse was trueKeywords Biomedical waste Management BMW Guidelines Hospital Survey Waste management in Hospital
Authors and Affiliations
Sheikh Mohd Saleem, S Muhammad Salim Khan, Mohsina Mukhtar, Ruqia Quansar
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