A Study On Knowledge Attitude And Practecie Related To Biomedical Waste And Its Management

Research Article
Fatma, Shaheen
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0810.1010
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Doctor, staff member, waste material handling person
Abstract: 

Health care waste is the type of Biomedical waste which is generated in hospitals and pathological labs during diagnosis and treatment. Mismangement of this type of waste is very concerning for the health of handling person from the point of generation of the waste to the disposal of the waste site. For the proper management of this waste, knowledge, attitude and practice among the staff members and handling person is must including protection by using apron, masks, gloves and immonization. For the study different 10 hospitals and health care centers surveyed in Dehradun city. All ten hospital and health care centers categorized in different five groups. A questionnaire was formulated to get the information. The obtained data was tabulated and result compared with Chi-square test. The selected questions were asked to total of 330 doctors and 2749 supporting staff members belonging to various level in 10 hospitals and health care centers to check the knowledge, attitude and practice among them with precautionary protections.