Singh Sukhbir, Vashisht M G, Malik Ishwanti, Dahiya Pushpa, Bhattacharya Sudip
Department of Hospital Administration, Pt. B. D. Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Department of General Surgery, Pt. B. D. Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Jun;11(6):2417-2422. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1150_21. Epub 2022 Jun 30.
In India, on an average, 0.5-0.99 kg/person/day general solid waste is produced which is higher (i.e. 0.1-0.49 kg per person per day) than solid waste generated in low-income nations and lower than in developed countries (1.5 kg per day). The Government of India has issued guidelines for the management of a different kind of hospital waste from time to time including Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules in the year 2016 and is mandatorily applicable to all organizations including the hospitals.
We conducted this study to assess the knowledge and awareness among nursing professionals regarding various provisions of solid waste management rules, 2016.
It was a cross-sectional study done on nursing professionals across all seniority and from various specialties and super specialty departments. A pretested questionnaire comprising 20 questions was used as a study tool.
There were a total of 550 participants. The mean knowledge count of the respondents was 9.487273 (1.00-14.00). The mean score was 59.3% of the overall achievable score. In the subgroup analysis, respondents above 60 years of age, married, females, urban residents, nursing sisters scored better than the middle-aged professionals, unmarried, males, rural residents, and staff nurses.
This study has given insight into various domains of SWM rules, 2016 where nurses performed well and those where considerable gaps exist. The health care workers are more aware of biomedical waste (M&H) rules, and the solid waste management rules are new to them. It is recommended that the biomedical waste management training program must include training on general solid waste management rules.
在印度，平均每人每天产生0.5 - 0.99千克的一般固体废物，这一数字高于低收入国家（即每人每天0.1 - 0.49千克），低于发达国家（每人每天1.5千克）。印度政府不时发布关于各类医院废物管理的指南，包括2016年的《固体废物管理（SWM）规则》，该规则强制适用于包括医院在内的所有组织。
我们开展这项研究以评估护理专业人员对2016年固体废物管理规则各项规定的知识和认识。
这是一项针对所有资历以及来自各个专科和超级专科部门的护理专业人员进行的横断面研究。一份包含20个问题的预测试问卷被用作研究工具。
共有550名参与者。受访者的平均知识得分是9.487273（满分14分）。平均得分是总体可达到分数的59.3%。在亚组分析中，60岁以上、已婚、女性、城市居民、护士长的得分高于中年专业人员、未婚、男性、农村居民和护士。
本研究深入了解了2016年SWM规则的各个领域，护士在这些领域表现良好以及存在较大差距的方面。医护人员对生物医疗废物（M&H）规则更为了解，而固体废物管理规则对他们来说是新的。建议生物医疗废物管理培训计划必须包括一般固体废物管理规则的培训。
