Medical waste management training for healthcare managers - a necessity?

• Published in: Iranian journal of environmental health science & engineering 2013-07, Vol.11, p.1-1
• Main Authors: Ozder, Aclan, Teker, Bahri, Eker, Hasan Huseyin, Altindis, Selma, Kocaakman, Merve, Karabay, Oguz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1735-1979

This is an interventional study, since a training has been given, performed in order to investigate whether training has significant impact on knowledge levels of healthcare managers (head-nurses, assistant head nurses, hospital managers and deputy managers) regarding bio-medical waste management. The study was conducted on 240 volunteers during June 2010-August 2010 in 12 hospitals serving in Istanbul (private, public, university, training-research hospitals and other healthcare institutions). A survey form prepared by the project guidance team was applied to the participants through the Internet before and after the training courses. The training program was composed of 40 hours of theory and 16 hours of practice sessions taught by persons known to have expertise in their fields. Methods used in the analysis of the data chi-square and t-tests in dependent groups. A total of 67.5% (162) of participants were female. A statistically significant difference was found among those who had received medical waste management training (preliminary test and final test) and others who had not (p