Elnour Ahmed Mohammed, Moussa Mayada Mohamed Reda, El-Borgy Mohamed Darwish, Fadelella Nur Eldin Eltahir, Mahmoud Aleya Hanafy
Faculty of Medicine and health sciences, University of El Imam El Mahdi, Sudan.
High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2015 Jul;9(3):315-31.
The present study aims at assessing nursing and sanitation staff knowledge and practice regarding Healthcare Waste (HCW) management before and after the implementation of an educational intervention program at the main hospitals of the White Nile State in Sudan.
Quasi-experimental study design was applied to assess the impact of an intervention program on knowledge and practice regarding HCW management. The same questionnaire used in the pre-test was used immediately after the end of the intervention program and then again three months later for a second post-test.
The results showed that the majority of nursing and sanitation staff had fair knowledge regarding HCW management before the educational intervention program (17% good, 58% fair, and 25% poor). After implementation of the educational program, the majority had good knowledge (56% good, 34% fair, and 10% poor) in the immediate post-test, and also in the post-test three months later (59% good, 35% fair, and 6% poor). More than half the nursing and sanitation staff had fair level of practice before the educational intervention program (42% good, 55% fair, and 3% poor). After the implementation of the intervention program, the immediate post-test showed a similar result (45% good, 54% fair, and 1% poor), while the post-test three months later showed that the majority demonstrated good practice level (55% good, 42% fair, and 3% poor).
The nursing and sanitation staff at the main hospitals of the White Nile State in Sudan recorded significant improvement in their knowledge and practice with regard to HCW management immediately after the educational intervention program and three months later.
本研究旨在评估苏丹白尼罗河州主要医院实施教育干预项目前后，护理和卫生工作人员在医疗废物（HCW）管理方面的知识和实践情况。
采用准实验研究设计来评估干预项目对HCW管理知识和实践的影响。干预项目结束后立即使用与预测试相同的问卷，然后在三个月后再次进行第二次后测试。
结果显示，在教育干预项目之前，大多数护理和卫生工作人员对HCW管理的知识水平一般（17%良好，58%一般，25%较差）。实施教育项目后，在即时后测试中，大多数人知识水平良好（56%良好，34%一般，10%较差），三个月后的后测试结果也是如此（59%良好，35%一般，6%较差）。在教育干预项目之前，超过一半的护理和卫生工作人员实践水平一般（42%良好，55%一般，3%较差）。实施干预项目后，即时后测试结果类似（45%良好，54%一般，1%较差），而三个月后的后测试显示大多数人实践水平良好（55%良好，42%一般，3%较差）。
苏丹白尼罗河州主要医院的护理和卫生工作人员在教育干预项目后立即以及三个月后，在HCW管理方面的知识和实践有显著改善。
