Open AccessAwareness & attitude regarding biomedical waste disposal among post-graduate students, under-graduate students & auxiliary staff of a dental college – a questionnaire survey
Author(s) -
Rahul Chopra,
Shivani Mathur,
Vidya Dodwad,
Nikhil Sharma,
Siddharth Tevatia
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2310-2993
DOI - 10.14419/ijdr.v5i1.7515
Subject(s) - biomedical waste , questionnaire , medical education , waste disposal , medicine , nursing , health care , waste management , engineering , political science , sociology , social science , law
Purpose: Indiscriminate disposal of bio medical waste poses a serious threat to environment and human health and is currently a burning issue with increasing health care facilities and associated waste generation. Hence this study assesses the awareness levels and attitude regarding biomedical waste disposal among post-graduates, under-graduates & auxiliary staff of a dental college.Materials and Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among post-graduates, under-graduates & auxiliary staff using a questionnaire. A total of 120 participants, 40 in each group answered the questionnaire. The answers were analyzed and graded for each group.Results: The results depict satisfactory awareness about biomedical waste disposal among post-graduates and under-graduates. However, the auxiliary staff lacks the awareness about proper biomedical waste disposal.Conclusion: The study reveals that there is a need to increase knowledge among the auxiliary staff regarding biomedical waste management by continuing training program.