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Knowledge of Staff Nurses on Health Hazards related to Biomedical Waste Disposal in a Tertiary Care Hospital

OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to assess staff nurses’ knowledge of the health concerns connected with biomedical waste disposal. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The descriptive study was performed with a sample of 50 staff nurses from a tertiary hospital. The semi-structured questionnaire was made to be used wh...

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Autor principal: Shaik, Riyaz A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10485509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37694054
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_209_23
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description OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to assess staff nurses’ knowledge of the health concerns connected with biomedical waste disposal. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The descriptive study was performed with a sample of 50 staff nurses from a tertiary hospital. The semi-structured questionnaire was made to be used when interviewing participants. It has information about the person’s age in years, religion, monthly family income, family type, marital status, previous biomedical waste management education exposure, and the source of information. RESULTS: Participants were between the ages of 20 and 60. Only five 20–30-year olds are moderately knowledgeable. Out of 50 nurses, 41 (82%) had an adequate level of knowledge, 9 (18%) had a moderate level of knowledge on biomedical waste management, and none of them had too inadequate knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: The proper handling of biomedical waste necessitates that all hospital staff undergo extensive training on the collection, sorting, transportation, and storage of waste in color-coded bins before disposal and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-104855092023-09-09 Knowledge of Staff Nurses on Health Hazards related to Biomedical Waste Disposal in a Tertiary Care Hospital Shaik, Riyaz A. J Pharm Bioallied Sci Original Article OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to assess staff nurses’ knowledge of the health concerns connected with biomedical waste disposal. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The descriptive study was performed with a sample of 50 staff nurses from a tertiary hospital. The semi-structured questionnaire was made to be used when interviewing participants. It has information about the person’s age in years, religion, monthly family income, family type, marital status, previous biomedical waste management education exposure, and the source of information. RESULTS: Participants were between the ages of 20 and 60. Only five 20–30-year olds are moderately knowledgeable. Out of 50 nurses, 41 (82%) had an adequate level of knowledge, 9 (18%) had a moderate level of knowledge on biomedical waste management, and none of them had too inadequate knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: The proper handling of biomedical waste necessitates that all hospital staff undergo extensive training on the collection, sorting, transportation, and storage of waste in color-coded bins before disposal and treatment. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-07 2023-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10485509/ /pubmed/37694054 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_209_23 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Knowledge of Staff Nurses on Health Hazards related to Biomedical Waste Disposal in a Tertiary Care Hospital
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10485509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37694054
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_209_23
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