Biomedical Waste Management: A Study of Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practices among Healothcare Experts in Private Hospital

Abstract

Biomedical waste (BMW) generated in our country day by day which creates infectious disease and hazardous materials. It is very important to know the value of hazardousness to employees in the work of environment and make its disposition effective and in a scientific manner.  It is very typical to engage in to biomedical sector have adequate knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) with respect to biomedical wastes management for different professionals. By doing many professional studies across the country have shown that there are still deficiencies in the KAP of the employees in the organization hence it is important to make it appraisal of the same.  It is very important to teach regarding biomedical waste to doctors, post graduates, staff nurses, laboratory technicians and house-keeping staffs. There is a cross sectional study was carried out using questionnaire as the study tool among the health care professional in a tertiary care teaching Hospital. The study shown gaps in the knowledge amongst all the cadres of the study respondents. The knowledge in relation to BMW management including the Hospital   BMW   protocols was more desirable to doctors, but practical facts are better in nurses, lab technician and house keeping staffs.