Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Health Care Workers in Management of Bio-Medical Waste – A Cross-Sectional Study

Authors

  • Priyanka Sharma Department of Microbiology, GMC Jammu, India
  • Rachana Raina Department of Pharmacology, GMC Jammu, India
  • Shweta Purbi Department of ENT, GMC Jammu, India
  • Shashi Sudhan Sharma Department of Microbiology, GMC Jammu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26555/eshr.v4i2.5038

Keywords:

KAP studies, Bio Medical Waste Management, Health Care Professionals

Abstract

Background: Management of Bio-Medical Waste involves a great concern. Therefore, awareness of Health-Care Workers (HCWs) becomes very important as improper management leads to injuries and the spread of infection to the staff, patients, and environment. The objective is to assess the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) among Health Care Professionals regarding Bio-Medical Waste Management (BMWM).

Method: This cross-sectional survey was conducted among HCWs at GMC Jammu, India. Study participants were divided into III groups (Group I- 32 Doctors, group II- 48 Paramedical staff including nurses & laboratory technicians, and group III- 20 sanitary workers). Data was collected using a pre-designed questionnaire regarding BMWM and scored as good, average, and poor.

Results: In our study, knowledge regarding symbols of BMWM and awareness regarding categories and segregation of BMW was good in I and II groups but averaged in group III. None in group III has attended CME regarding BMWM in the past. In contrast, this percentage was 61% in group II and 31% in group I. Regarding the capping and destroying of needles, 88% of Paramedics were doing it correctly. None of the class IV employees received the booster dose of HBV vaccination.

Conclusion: Knowledge regarding BMWM was average in Group I and Group II, whereas Group III had the slightest knowledge. Attitude regarding the BMW was good in the case of groups I and II, Whereas Group III scored average. Practices were scored average in Group I, good in Group II, and poor in group III.

References

National guidelines on hospital waste management based on the bio-medical waste management and handling rules 1998. Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules. In: Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 1998. p. 225–30.

Bio Medical Waste Management (Principal) Rules 2016. Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, 2016.

BMWM (Amendment) rules 2018. Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Notif New Delhi, 16th March, 2018.

BMWM (Amendment) rules 2019. Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Notif New Delhi, Feb, May 2019.

Li CS JF. Physical and chemical composition of hospital waste. Infect Control Hosp Epidemioly. 1993;14(3):145–50.

Anand P, Jain R DA. Knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among health care personnel in a teaching institution in Haryana, India. Int J Res Med Sci. 2016;4:4246–50.

Nosheen Arshad., Nayyar S., Amin F. MK. Pharm. Hospital Waste Disposal. A Rev Artic Sci Res. 2011;3(8):1412–9.

Vincent S, Pablo B MN. Management of chronic hepatitis B and C in HIV-coinfected patients. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006;57(5):815–5.

Bala S NA. Awareness of bio-medical waste management among hospital and dental college and hospital employees. A Panoramic View. J Oral Heal Comm Dent. 2013;7:1–7.

Sharma K KM and IQ. A Study on the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Bio-medical Waste Management among Health Care Professionals from a Rural Medical College in North India. IntJCurrMicrobiolAppSci. 2019;8(12):1238–43.

Malini A EB. Knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among health care personnel in a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry. Intern J Biomed Res. 2015;6(3):172–6.

Ananthachari KR DC. A study on assessment of knowledge on biomedical waste management among health care workers of tertiary care hospital. Int J Community Med Public Heal. 2016;3:2409–13.

Srivastav S, Kariwal P, Singh AK SV. Evaluation of biomedical waste management practices in multi-speciality tertiary hospital. Indian J Community Heal. 2009;21:46–50.

Dudi M, Sharma R, Sharma S JM. Assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding biomedical waste management amongst paramedical staff in a tertiary level health care facility. Int J Med Sci Public Heal. 2016;5:615–9.

Sood AG SA. Dental perspective on biomedical waste and mercury management: A knowledge, attitude, and practice survey. Ind J Dent Res. 2011;22:371–5.

Nirupama N, Shafee M, Jogdand GS RC. Knowledge, Attitude & Practices Regarding Biomedical Waste Management. IJCM Inst Med Sci Karimnagar, Andhrapradesh. 2010;35(2):369–70.

Soyam GC, Hiwarkar PA, Kawalkar UG, Soyam VC GV. KAP study of bio-medical waste management among health care workers in Delhi. Int J Community Med Public Heal. 2017;4:3332–327.

Vincent S, Pablo B MN. Management of chronic hepatitis B and C in HIV-coinfected patients. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006;57(5):815–8.

Mathur V, Dwivedi S, Hassan MA MR. Knowledge, attitude, and practices about biomedical waste management among healthcare personnel: A cross-sectional study. Indian J Comm Med. 2011;36:143.

Madhukumar S RG. Study about awareness and practice about health care waste management among hospital staffs in a Medical College Hospital, Banglore. Int J Basic Med Sci. 2012;3:8–9.

Downloads

Published

2022-08-02

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022)

Section

Research Article

License

Copyright (c) 2022 Priyanka Sharma, Rachana Raina, Shweta Purbi, Shashi Sudhan Sharma

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with ESHR agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-SA 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.