title: Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of 'teaching laboratory' technicians towards laboratory safety and waste management: a pilot interventional study.
abstract: A quasi-experimental study was performed on 20 technicians working in the Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt. The knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of laboratory technicians was measured before and two months after enrolling them in an intervention programme about laboratory best practice procedures. The programme addressed laboratory safety and medical waste management. The assessment was performed using a validated Arabic self-administered questionnaire. Pre- and post-intervention scores were compared using non-parametric tests. There are significant increases in the scores of KAP after implementation of the training programme.
authors.affiliation: Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
authors.forename: A-H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: El-Gilany
authors.affiliation: Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. Electronic address: shereenelshaer@gmail.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El-Shaer
authors.affiliation: Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Khashaba
authors.affiliation: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: El-Dakroory
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Omar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D008297:Male; D065228:Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000193:education*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D018505:Waste Management
keywords: Intervention study; Laboratory safety; Laboratory technician; Waste disposal