Biomedical Waste Management in Private and Public Hospital: A Study on Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among Health Care Professionals in Udaipur city

Dr. K.K.Dave, Nalini K. Bhatt

Biomedical waste, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Healthcare personnel

Biomedical waste (BMW) generated in our country containing infectious and hazardous materials in large quantity on daily basis. Biomedical waste (BMW) is waste generated during diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals, or in research activities pertaining thereto, or in the production and testing of biological, and is contaminated with human fluids. The waste produced in the course of health care activities carries a higher potential for infection and injury than any other type of waste. Employees like doctors and nurses must know about biomedical waste and its impact on their health as well on environment. In some hospital there is no proper training of the employees in hazardous waste management. This indicates the lack of even basic awareness among hospital personnel regarding safe disposal of Bio- Medical waste. Keeping in view the above scenario, the present study has been undertaken to assess the knowledge regarding different aspects of Bio-medical waste amongst staff of a large bedded tertiary care hospital in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

The scope of the present study shall extend to only Udaipur District of Rajasthan. The study comprises of assessment of the knowledge regarding BMW management amongst doctors, dentists and nurses of Tertiary care private Hospital and Tertiary care Government Hospital at city of Udaipur, Rajasthan. The present study is helpful to the Government authorities to take appropriate remedial measures to protect the occupational health of employees as well as public. Also, the analysis of secondary data gives growth rate of biomedical waste per annum.