Open AccessAwareness and practices regarding bio-medical waste management among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi
Author(s) -
Gitali Bhagawati,
Sumi Nandwani,
Sanjay Singhal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1998-3646
pISSN - 0255-0857
DOI - 10.4103/0255-0857.167323
Subject(s) - tertiary care , new delhi , biomedical waste , medical waste , health care , medicine , environmental health , medical emergency , family medicine , nursing , waste management , political science , engineering , pathology , metropolitan area , law
Health care institutions are generating large amount of Bio-Medical Waste (BMW), which needs to be properly segregated and treated. With this concern, a questionnaire based cross-sectional study was done to determine the current status of awareness and practices regarding BMW Management (BMWM) and areas of deficit amongst the HCWs in a tertiary care teaching hospital in New Delhi, India. The correct responses were graded as satisfactory (more than 80%), intermediate (50-80%) and unsatisfactory (less than 50%). Some major areas of deficit found were about knowledge regarding number of BMW categories (17%), mercury waste disposal (37.56%) and definition of BMW (47%).
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