National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
This study was undertaken to determine the awareness regarding biomedical waste management policy and practices, attitude towards biomedical waste management and awareness regarding needle stick injury among different categories of health care workers. The study was conducted using closed ended questionnaire and distributed among 110 individuals in four categories of health care workers. The questionnaire was used to assess their knowledge on biomedical waste disposal. The resulting answers were graded and the number of correct and incorrect answers obtained for each question from individual participants. The results showed that there was a poor level of knowledge and awareness of biomedical waste generation, hazards, legislation and management among health care personnel. Major areas of deficit found were about knowledge regarding number of BMW categories (0%), definition about biomedical waste (26.6%) and definition of segregation (45.7%) among nursing and other paramedical staff. So, it is necessary for all health care providers to undergo regular training in Biomedical waste management for proper handling and disposal.
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