KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF HOUSE KEEPING STAFF REGARDING BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

Smitha J S; Preetha V S

Volume : IV, Issue : XII, December - 2015

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF HOUSE KEEPING STAFF REGARDING BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

Smitha J S, Preetha V S

Abstract :

Medical care is vital for our life and health, but the waste generated from medical activities represents a real problem of living nature and human world. In order to make its disposal and treatment successful, it is vital that the various healthcare professionals working at the hospitals have correct knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding biomedical waste management(1).Objective: The present study was aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of housekeeping staff regarding biomedical waste management Methodology:The research design adopted for the present study was Descriptive research Design .The study was conducted among sixty six subjects of selected hospital. Informed consent was obtained from study participants and the data were collected by self report method using socio personal proforma , semi structured questionnaire Result: The findings shows more than half of the subject had good knowledge ,positive attitude,healthy practices towards biomedical waste management and significant correlation was found between knowledge ,attitude and practices. Summary: On the whole, the knowledge,attitudes and practices among the participants was fair.