Open AccessBIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS: A CASE STUDY IN DISTRICT FAISALABAD, PUNJAB PAKISTAN
Author(s) -
Nazia Malik,
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Zaid Mehmood,
Babak Mahmood,
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Publication year - 2021
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pakistan journal of social research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2710-3137
pISSN - 2710-3129
DOI - 10.52567/pjsr.v3i4.315
Subject(s) - medical waste , health care , biomedical waste , hazardous waste , health professionals , business , hospital waste , data collection , medicine , nursing , waste management , engineering , statistics , mathematics , economics , economic growth
Biomedical waste (BMW) is produced during surgical, and medical treatment, vaccination, and diagnostic processes. Owing to its hazardous nature BMW must be carefully segregated, handle and discard. As the healthcare professionals are significant and influential part of any healthcare system so their practices for handling this waste are imperative. Purpose: This study was conducted in public sector hospitals of Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan to assess the Bio-medical waste management practices among healthcare professionals. Design/Methodology/Approach: In this cross-sectional quantitative study, 500 respondents was conveniently recruited in which 280 were MBBS doctors and 220 staff nurses serving in different departments of the hospital. A self-designed questionnaire comprises of different statements about practices of healthcare waste management was used for data collection. The collected data was analyzed through SPSS version 24. Findings: The researchers found that although “Hospital Waste Management Rule Pakistan 2005” exists and there are Bio Medical Waste Management (BMWM) committees in the hospitals, the healthcare waste management practices were not up to the mark. Moreover, no proper trainings of the healthcare professionals were conducted. Keywords: Bio Medical Waste Management, Healthcare