HOSPITAL GENERATED WASTE: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AWARENESS OF HOSPITAL STAFF

BACKGROUND: The provision of healthcare generates waste which can be detrimental to health and environment. Staff who provide healthcare ought to be aware of the proper handling and the system of management of healthcare waste used by different hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey of doctors,...

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Autores principales: Aljabre, Salih H.M., Hoffmann, Frank, Almorzog, Basmah S., Mikiling, Lilia, Alabdulatif, Mohammad, Al-Quorain, Abdulaziz A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2002
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3430175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23008662
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author Aljabre, Salih H.M.
Hoffmann, Frank
Almorzog, Basmah S.
Mikiling, Lilia
Alabdulatif, Mohammad
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description BACKGROUND: The provision of healthcare generates waste which can be detrimental to health and environment. Staff who provide healthcare ought to be aware of the proper handling and the system of management of healthcare waste used by different hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey of doctors, nurses and allied medical staff for their awareness of the hospital generation and handling of waste was conducted. A self-administered questionnaire was used. RESULTS: Lack of awareness, ignorance of policy and procedure on the handling of healthcare waste and failure to attend educational activities were major defects found among healthcare staff in the study. CONCLUSION: There is a need for a plan to improve the awareness of healthcare workers about hospital generated waste and its proper handling.
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spelling pubmed-34301752012-09-24 HOSPITAL GENERATED WASTE: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AWARENESS OF HOSPITAL STAFF Aljabre, Salih H.M. Hoffmann, Frank Almorzog, Basmah S. Mikiling, Lilia Alabdulatif, Mohammad Al-Quorain, Abdulaziz A. J Family Community Med Original Article BACKGROUND: The provision of healthcare generates waste which can be detrimental to health and environment. Staff who provide healthcare ought to be aware of the proper handling and the system of management of healthcare waste used by different hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey of doctors, nurses and allied medical staff for their awareness of the hospital generation and handling of waste was conducted. A self-administered questionnaire was used. RESULTS: Lack of awareness, ignorance of policy and procedure on the handling of healthcare waste and failure to attend educational activities were major defects found among healthcare staff in the study. CONCLUSION: There is a need for a plan to improve the awareness of healthcare workers about hospital generated waste and its proper handling. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2002 /pmc/articles/PMC3430175/ /pubmed/23008662 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family and Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Aljabre, Salih H.M.
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Al-Quorain, Abdulaziz A.
HOSPITAL GENERATED WASTE: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AWARENESS OF HOSPITAL STAFF
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title_short HOSPITAL GENERATED WASTE: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AWARENESS OF HOSPITAL STAFF
title_sort hospital generated waste: an assessment of the awareness of hospital staff
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