title: Awareness and practices regarding bio-medical waste management among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi.
abstract: Health care institutions are generating large amount of Bio-Medical Waste (BMW), which needs to be properly segregated and treated. With this concern, a questionnaire based cross-sectional study was done to determine the current status of awareness and practices regarding BMW Management (BMWM) and areas of deficit amongst the HCWs in a tertiary care teaching hospital in New Delhi, India. The correct responses were graded as satisfactory (more than 80%), intermediate (50-80%) and unsatisfactory (less than 50%). Some major areas of deficit found were about knowledge regarding number of BMW categories (17%), mercury waste disposal (37.56%) and definition of BMW (47%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Employees State Insurance Corporation Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science and Research, Basaidarapur - 110 015, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhagawati
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nandwani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singhal
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D011361:Professional Competence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers
chemical_list: D017744:Medical Waste Disposal