Knowledge and practices regarding biomedical waste disposal among health care personnel working in pediatric wards of tertiary care hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.

Paramjot Kaur; Mrs. Navjot Kaur; Mrs. Manprit Kaur

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Knowledge and practices regarding biomedical waste disposal among health care personnel working in pediatric wards of tertiary care hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.

Paramjot Kaur, Mrs. Navjot Kaur, Mrs. Manprit Kaur

Abstract :

Hospitals or health care services inevitably create waste that may be hazardous to health. Inadequate and inappropriate disposal of biomedical waste among the health care personnel may have serious health consequences and a significant impact on the environment.

A descriptive research design was used and a sample of 100 health care personnel including nursing students, staff nurses, resident doctors, ward boys/attendants and sweepers of pediatric wards of DMC &Hospital, Ludhiana were selected by convenience sampling technique. The structured questionnaire and checklist was used to assess the knowledge and practices regarding biomedical waste disposal among the health care personnel. Analysis was done by descriptive and inferential statistics.

Majority of the health care personnel i.e. 81 had attended the class regarding biomedical waste disposal. Majority of the health care personnel i.e. 87 had below average level of knowledge, 10 had average level of knowledge and only 3 health care personnel had good knowledge regarding biomedical waste disposal.

The present study concluded that majority of health care personnel exhibit below average level of knowledge regarding biomedical waste disposal whereas only few had average and good level of knowledge. Maximum of the health care personnel had satisfactory practices of proper biomedical waste disposal.