Awareness and practices regarding bio-medical waste management among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi

Health care institutions are generating large amount of Bio-Medical Waste (BMW), which needs to be properly segregated and treated. With this concern, a questionnaire based cross-sectional study was done to determine the current status of awareness and practices regarding BMW Management (BMWM) and a...

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Published in:Indian journal of medical microbiology 2015-10, Vol.33 (4), p.580-582
Main Authors: Bhagawati, G, Nandwani, S, Singhal, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Awareness
Bio medical waste management
Bio-medical waste awareness
Bio-medical waste mangement practices
Dentists
health care worker
hospital
Nurses
Physicians
practice
tertiary care teaching hospital
Waste disposal
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Summary:Health care institutions are generating large amount of Bio-Medical Waste (BMW), which needs to be properly segregated and treated. With this concern, a questionnaire based cross-sectional study was done to determine the current status of awareness and practices regarding BMW Management (BMWM) and areas of deficit amongst the HCWs in a tertiary care teaching hospital in New Delhi, India. The correct responses were graded as satisfactory (more than 80%), intermediate (50–80%) and unsatisfactory (less than 50%). Some major areas of deficit found were about knowledge regarding number of BMW categories (17%), mercury waste disposal (37.56%) and definition of BMW (47%).
ISSN:0255-0857
1998-3646
DOI:10.4103/0255-0857.167323