Attitude of intern doctors and B.Sc. nursing students regarding various aspects of biomedical waste (management and handling) rules: a cross sectional study

Authors

  • Rekha Acharya Department of PSM, S. P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
  • Gaurav Sharma Department of PSM, S. P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
  • Renu Sethia Department of PSM, S. P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
  • Ratti Ram Meena Department of PSM, S. P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174273

Keywords:

, Biomedical waste management, Attitude, Intern doctors, B.Sc. nursing students

Abstract

Background: Different types of waste are generated during healthcare activities. The waste so generated has chance of causing serious infection and also injury to persons who come in contact with it whether the contact is direct or indirect. Safe and sustainable health care waste management is not possible without a favourable attitude among health care providers. The objective of the study was to assess the attitude of Intern doctors and B.Sc. nursing students: the future health care providers, regarding various aspects of Biomedical Waste (Management and handling) Rules.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The study was conducted amongst Intern doctors and B.Sc. nursing students posted at Prince Bijay Singh Memorial (PBM) and associated group of hospitals attached to Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner.

Results: In the study out of 204 respondents, 54.4% were B.Sc. nursing students and 45.6% were intern doctors. Statistically significant difference was seen in overall attitude of study population belonging to different professional group regarding biomedical waste management. Overall the attitude of study group was favourable.

Conclusions: Favourable attitude of health care workers will go a long way in better implementation of biomedical waste management rules and thereby help in decreasing adverse health effects of improper waste handling. 

Author Biographies

Rekha Acharya, Department of PSM, S. P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Professor & Head,

Department of PSM

Gaurav Sharma, Department of PSM, S. P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Associate Professor ,

Department of PSM

Renu Sethia, Department of PSM, S. P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Associate Professor ,

Department of PSM

Ratti Ram Meena, Department of PSM, S. P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

3rd Year CAS PG

Department of PSM

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2017-09-22

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Acharya, R., Sharma, G., Sethia, R., & Meena, R. R. (2017). Attitude of intern doctors and B.Sc. nursing students regarding various aspects of biomedical waste (management and handling) rules: a cross sectional study. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 4(10), 3909–3914. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174273

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