Bhagawati G, Nandwani S, Singhal S
Department of Microbiology, Employees State Insurance Corporation Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science and Research, Basaidarapur - 110 015, Delhi, India.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2015 Oct-Dec;33(4):580-2. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.167323.
Health care institutions are generating large amount of Bio-Medical Waste (BMW), which needs to be properly segregated and treated. With this concern, a questionnaire based cross-sectional study was done to determine the current status of awareness and practices regarding BMW Management (BMWM) and areas of deficit amongst the HCWs in a tertiary care teaching hospital in New Delhi, India. The correct responses were graded as satisfactory (more than 80%), intermediate (50-80%) and unsatisfactory (less than 50%). Some major areas of deficit found were about knowledge regarding number of BMW categories (17%), mercury waste disposal (37.56%) and definition of BMW (47%).
医疗机构正在产生大量的生物医疗废物（BMW），这些废物需要进行妥善分类和处理。出于这一担忧，我们开展了一项基于问卷调查的横断面研究，以确定印度新德里一家三级护理教学医院的医护人员对生物医疗废物管理（BMWM）的认知现状和实践情况，以及存在不足的领域。正确回答被划分为满意（超过80%）、中等（50%-80%）和不满意（低于50%）。发现的一些主要不足领域包括对BMW类别数量的了解（17%）、汞废物处置（37.56%）以及BMW的定义（47%）。
