Study of biomedical waste management among healthcare personnel at a Tertiary hospital in Lucknow district

Authors

  • Tsusennaro Imchen Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Reema Kumari Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • J. V. Singh Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Kirti Srivastava Department of Radiotherapy, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Anshita Singh Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20171460

Keywords:

Biomedical waste, Waste segregation, BMW training

Abstract

Background: Healthcare facilities are like a double-edged sword, it caters to the healthcare needs and problems of the people by providing curative, promotive or preventive services but in the process it inevitably produces waste which in itself is hazardous to health if not managed properly. In order to improve biomedical waste management, it is important to understand and evaluate the current practices in biomedical waste management, to identify the gaps and to address them. The study was conducted to assess the practice of biomedical waste management among the healthcare personnel at a tertiary hospital.

Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted among 314 healthcare personnel which comprised of 193 doctors, 85 staff nurses and 36 laboratory technicians. A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data.

Results: A total of 78% healthcare personnel had received training on BMW management. Most of the doctors (76.2%), staff nurses (70.6%) and laboratory technicians (72.2%) had received hepatitis B vaccination. And as for injection TT, 76.2% doctors, 85.9% staff nurses and 69.4% laboratory technicians had received it. Multivariate logistic regression showed association between waste segregation practices and occupation status and training which was statistically significant.

Conclusions: The study revealed satisfactory practices among the healthcare personnel. It also showed association between waste segregation practices and training on BMW management. The importance of training regarding biomedical waste management cannot be overemphasized, training and retraining on healthcare waste management should be given to healthcare personnel. 

Author Biographies

Tsusennaro Imchen, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Community Medicine and Public Health,

Junior Resident.

Reema Kumari, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Department of Community Medicine and Public Health,

Professor

J. V. Singh, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Department of Community Medicine and Public Health,

Ex-HOD, Professor

Kirti Srivastava, Department of Radiotherapy, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Department of Radiotherapy,

Professor

Anshita Singh, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Department of Community Medicine and Public Health,

Research Associate

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2017-04-24

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Imchen, T., Kumari, R., Singh, J. V., Srivastava, K., & Singh, A. (2017). Study of biomedical waste management among healthcare personnel at a Tertiary hospital in Lucknow district. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 4(5), 1483–1487. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20171460

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