Assessment of knowledge, attitude & practice regarding biomedical waste management before and after training amongst different health care personnel: a cross sectional study

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Sudipta Pal, Dr Smita Bawankar, Dr Khyati Jain, Surendra Prasad Chauhan and Mustafa S. Rahaman

Introduction: Biomedical waste management (BMW) has recently emerged as an issue of major concern not only to hospitals, primary health-care centers and nursing home authorities but also to the environment. Hence, there is a need for awareness among the healthcare staff for effective management of BMW.
Aim: So to find out magnitude of seriousness regarding knowleledge, attitude and practice amongst healthcare workers in our institute, we had conducted KAP(Knowledge, Attitude & Practice) questionnaire study amongst them before and after giving training session.
Material and method: A self design questionnaire based on BMW rules was prepared and were distributed to all participants.
Result: Overall the analysis of the questionnaire indicated that theoretical knowledge has increased significantly in terms of answering all questions and obtaining more marks in the post training session.
Conclusion: Based on our study we highly recommended- Strict implementation of BMW rules & Regular training for all employees which will help to ensure patient safety and control the health care associated infections to a lower extent.

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DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2020. 21382.4200
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