Mathur Vanesh, Dwivedi S, Hassan Ma, Misra Rp
Department of Community Medicine, MLN Medical College, Allahabad, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2011 Apr;36(2):143-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-0218.84135.
The waste produced in the course of healthcare activities carries a higher potential for infection and injury than any other type of waste. Inadequate and inappropriate knowledge of handling of healthcare waste may have serious health consequences and a significant impact on the environment as well.
The objective was to assess knowledge, attitude, and practices of doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians, and sanitary staff regarding biomedical waste management.
This was a cross-sectional study.
The study was conducted among hospitals (bed capacity >100) of Allahabad city.
Medical personnel included were doctors (75), nurses (60), laboratory technicians (78), and sanitary staff (70).
Doctors, nurses, and laboratory technicians have better knowledge than sanitary staff regarding biomedical waste management. Knowledge regarding the color coding and waste segregation at source was found to be better among nurses and laboratory staff as compared to doctors. Regarding practices related to biomedical waste management, sanitary staff were ignorant on all the counts. However, injury reporting was low across all the groups of health professionals.
The importance of training regarding biomedical waste management needs emphasis; lack of proper and complete knowledge about biomedical waste management impacts practices of appropriate waste disposal.
医疗活动过程中产生的废物比任何其他类型的废物都具有更高的感染和伤害风险。对医疗废物处理的知识不足和不当可能会产生严重的健康后果，并对环境产生重大影响。
评估医生、护士、实验室技术人员和卫生工作人员在生物医学废物管理方面的知识、态度和实践。
这是一项横断面研究。
该研究在阿拉哈巴德市床位超过100张的医院中进行。
纳入的医务人员包括医生（75名）、护士（60名）、实验室技术人员（78名）和卫生工作人员（70名）。
在生物医学废物管理方面，医生、护士和实验室技术人员比卫生工作人员有更好的知识。与医生相比，护士和实验室工作人员对颜色编码和源头废物分类的知识掌握得更好。在与生物医学废物管理相关的实践方面，卫生工作人员在所有方面都很无知。然而，所有卫生专业人员群体的伤害报告率都很低。
需要强调生物医学废物管理培训的重要性；对生物医学废物管理缺乏适当和完整的知识会影响适当废物处置的实践。
