IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL AT BAGALKOT CITY
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 19
Abstract
[b]BACKGROUND:[/b] The waste generated from medical activities can be hazardous, toxic and even lethal because of their high potential for diseases transmission and injury that also results in environmental degradation. An adequate and appropriate knowledge of health care waste management among the health care workers is the first step towards developing favourable attitude and practices thereby ensuring safe disposal of hazardous hospital waste. [b]OBJECTIVES: [/b]To determine the knowledge regarding the bio-medical waste management among health care workers. To evaluate the effect of the intervention program given to health care workers. [b]METHODS:[/b] [b]TYPE OF [/b] [b]STUDY[/b]: A cross-sectional study. [b]STUDY PERIOD[/b]: May-December 2013. [b]STUDY SETTING & STUDY[/b] [b]SUBJECTS: [/b]The present study was conducted at S. Nijalingappa Medical College and HSK Hospital & Research center in Bagalkot city among paramedical workers which includes all the nursing staff and lab-technicians of the hospital (n =122). An identical pre and post-training questionnaire was designed which is pre-tested & structured and given to the above mentioned paramedical staff before and after the training session. The study variables include general information and questions regarding the knowledge about the health hazards, segregation, storage, personal protective devices, prophylactic vaccination, treatment, disposal and the rule of bio-medical waste management. A series of training sessions were conducted by trained community medicine staff along with PGs and training included knowledge about all aspects of biomedical waste with power point presentation and demonstration. [b]STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: [/b]The data was tabulated by using Microsoft Excel 2010 and analyzed by using Openepi software and chi-square test was used. [b]RESULTS: [/b]Among 122 participants, 94 (77.05%) were males and 28 (22.95%) were females. Most of them 94 (77.05%) belongs to the age group of 20-29yrs and 24 (19.67%) to the age group of 30-39 years. Majority i.e., 105 (86.07%) were nursing staff and 17 (13.93%) lab technician by occupation. 74 (60.65%) of the study participants belongs to class IV & 31 (25.4%) to class III of socio-economic status. In the present study, there was a highly statistical significant increase in the knowledge in all aspects (segregation, storage, personal protective devices, prophylactic vaccination, treatment, disposal and the rule except health hazards) of bio-medical waste management after training compared to before training. In case of health hazard, there is increase in knowledge, but it is not statistically significant (X2= 1.048, p=0.307). [b]CONCLUSION:[/b] Awareness regarding bio-medical waste management can be increased by conducting interventional training programs periodically by the persons trained in the field of bio-medical waste management.
Authors and Affiliations
Mannapur B. S, Dorle A. S , Ghattargi C. H, Kulkarni K. R, Ramdurg U. Y, Hiremath L. D, Suma N
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