Open AccessKnowledge and practices of health-care waste management among health Workers in Lassa fever treatment facility in Southeast Nigeria
Author(s) -
Robinson Chukwudi Onoh,
Azuka Stephen Adeke,
Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo,
Kenneth Chinedu Ekwedigwe,
Joseph Agboeze,
Emeka Onwe Ogah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/nmj.nmj_161_18
Subject(s) - biomedical waste , lassa fever , health facility , medicine , environmental health , family medicine , viral hemorrhagic fever , health care , health education , cross sectional study , nursing , public health , disease , health services , population , ebola virus , pathology , economics , economic growth
The threat of endemic, emerging, and reemerging infectious diseases, especially the viral hemorrhagic fevers demands effective health-care waste management (HCWM) among health-care workers. The study was intended to assess the knowledge and practices of HCWM among the cleaning staff in a Lassa fever (LF) treatment facility.