Basu Mausumi, Das Palash, Pal Ranabir
Department of Community Medicine, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
J Nat Sci Biol Med. 2012 Jan;3(1):38-42. doi: 10.4103/0976-9668.95945.
One-fourths of the biomedical waste (BMW) is regarded as hazardous with the potential for significant health concern for both medical personnel and general community. So, awareness about various aspects of BMW management is required and it was assessed among junior doctors in a tertiary care hospital.
To assess the knowledge and awareness about various aspects of BMW management among junior doctors (future physicians) and thus help the authority to develop the strategy for improving the situation in future.
In this descriptive observational study, we interviewed 200 junior doctors of a tertiary care hospital of Kolkata using a pre-designed pre-tested self-administered, semi-structured, anonymous questionnaire.
Majority of the participants were in the age group of 22 to 24 years (62%), males (66.5%), hostelites (70.2%), belonged to nuclear family (80.1%), and had per capita monthly family income in the range of Rs 5 000 to 20 000 (61.4%). Almost all respondents (99.1%) heard about BMW, 94.4% heard about the BMW rule 1998, and 67.9% knew about the Bio Hazard symbol. Only 55.9% respondents could remember the ten category of BMW. Segregation at source (the golden rule of BMW) was known by 78.8% of the junior doctors, only 29.5% had the knowledge of various methods of final disposal of BMW. Though 98.8% of the study population was aware that improper management of BMW causes different health problems, only 76.4% knew about various types of color-coded bags for collection of BMW. All the junior doctors were trained in all these essential aspects of BMW in their undergraduate curriculum.
Still, intensive training program and monitoring at regular time interval is needed for all staff, with special emphasis on junior doctors.
四分之一的生物医疗废物被视为有害废物，对医务人员和普通民众的健康都有重大潜在威胁。因此，需要提高对生物医疗废物管理各方面的认识，我们在一家三级护理医院的初级医生中对此进行了评估。
评估初级医生（未来的医师）对生物医疗废物管理各方面的知识和认识，从而帮助相关部门制定未来改善这种状况的策略。
在这项描述性观察研究中，我们使用预先设计、预先测试的自填式、半结构化、匿名问卷，对加尔各答一家三级护理医院的200名初级医生进行了访谈。
大多数参与者年龄在22至24岁之间（62%），男性（66.5%），住校（70.2%），来自核心家庭（80.1%），人均家庭月收入在5000至20000卢比之间（61.4%）。几乎所有受访者（99.1%）听说过生物医疗废物，94.4%听说过1998年的生物医疗废物管理规定，67.9%知道生物危害标志。只有55.9%的受访者能记住生物医疗废物的十种类别。78.8%的初级医生知道源头分类（生物医疗废物管理的黄金法则），只有29.5%的人了解生物医疗废物的各种最终处置方法。尽管98.8%的研究对象意识到生物医疗废物管理不当会导致不同的健康问题，但只有76.4%的人知道用于收集生物医疗废物的各种颜色编码袋子。所有初级医生在本科课程中都接受过生物医疗废物这些重要方面的培训。
尽管如此，仍需要为所有员工，特别是初级医生，开展强化培训计划并定期进行监督。
