Joshi Arvind, Chatada Joshna, Kummari Sobha, Tripathy Roli
Nursing Officer, All India Institute of Medical Sciences - Mangalagiri, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Assistant Professor College of Nursing, NRI Academy of Sciences, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Hosp Top. 2025 Jan-Mar;103(1):28-37. doi: 10.1080/00185868.2023.2176389. Epub 2023 Feb 6.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased amount of biomedical waste, worsening the already strained biomedical waste management system in India. As biomedical waste handlers are the core of biomedical waste handling, their knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding sorting, segregation, transport, and storage of the waste are of prime concern. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practices of personnel involved in biomedical waste handling about COVID-19 and its biomedical waste management at All India Institute of Medical Sciences Mangalagiri. Cross-sectional survey. AIIMS Mangalagiri and common bio-medical waste treatment facility at Guntur. Personnel involved in bio-medical waste handling The study enrolled a total of 139 participants from December 2020 to January 2021. A convenient sampling technique was used and a questionnaire was administered by face-to-face interview. The study showed that half of the participants had favorable knowledge about bio-medical waste management (average score 5.08 and range 1-9). Two-thirds of the respondents felt that handling COVID-19 waste is necessary to contain the infection. Conversely, the practices regarding COVID-19 and its biomedical waste management were not in conformity with attitudes and knowledge. Fewer participants knew the exact sequence of donning (15.80%) and doffing (31.70%). Majority of participants (72.7%) desired a hands-on training for handling biomedical waste. Participants have good knowledge and attitudes regarding COVID-19 bio-medical waste management, but are not adhering to it. This explains the need for comprehensive training programs for all those involved in bio-medical waste management of COVID-19.
新冠疫情导致生物医疗废物数量增加，使印度本就不堪重负的生物医疗废物管理系统雪上加霜。由于生物医疗废物处理人员是生物医疗废物处理的核心，他们在废物分类、隔离、运输和储存方面的知识、态度和做法至关重要。本研究旨在评估全印医学科学研究所芒加拉吉里分院参与生物医疗废物处理的人员对新冠疫情及其生物医疗废物管理的知识、态度和做法。横断面调查。芒加拉吉里全印医学科学研究所和贡图尔的普通生物医疗废物处理设施。参与生物医疗废物处理的人员。该研究在2020年12月至2021年1月期间共招募了139名参与者。采用了方便抽样技术，并通过面对面访谈发放了问卷。研究表明，一半的参与者对生物医疗废物管理有良好的知识（平均得分5.08，范围为1 - 9）。三分之二的受访者认为处理新冠疫情废物对于控制感染是必要的。相反，在新冠疫情及其生物医疗废物管理方面的做法与态度和知识并不一致。知道穿戴（15.80%）和脱卸（31.70%）确切顺序的参与者较少。大多数参与者（72.7%）希望接受生物医疗废物处理的实践培训。参与者对新冠疫情生物医疗废物管理有良好的知识和态度，但并未遵循。这说明了为所有参与新冠疫情生物医疗废物管理的人员开展全面培训项目的必要性。
