Biomedical Waste Management Practices of Doctors: An Online Snapshot
Objective: This study was undertaken with the objective to assess the professional behavior of doctors in India regarding Bio-Medical Waste (BMW) management. Methods: A predesigned questionnaire containing a set of nine open-ended questions was sent to 557 email contacts obtained randomly from socia...
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Medsci Publications,
2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Objective: This study was undertaken with the objective to assess the professional behavior of doctors in India regarding Bio-Medical Waste (BMW) management. Methods: A predesigned questionnaire containing a set of nine open-ended questions was sent to 557 email contacts obtained randomly from social networking sites by using respondent-driven sampling technique. Non-duplicated opinions from only those respondents who had completed their medical education in India and working in the country were included for analyses. Results: Remnant knowledge of BMW management as self-adjudged was significantly (p<0.001) poor among post-graduates (35.5%) than medical graduates (75%). It was evident that proper practice of BMW segregation at the work place had a significant association (p<0.001) with higher knowledge of the same. Almost one third respondents did not know about the bio-hazardous waste symbol. Discussion and Conclusions: This study underscores the need for effective BMW management training of medicos with regular refresher sessions. |
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