A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Expressed Practice regarding Maintenance of Cleanliness in Hospital Premises among relatives of patients admitted in IPD at AIIMS, Jodhpur

Komal,; Choudhary, Koral; Chhangani, Krishna; Panwar, Kriti; Manju, .; Dindor, Manju; Saini, Mehak; Sharma, Mukesh; Raghu, V A

doi:10.5958/2349-2996.2020.00021.x

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“…Indeed, wastes produced during these cure activities present a high infectious risk and injuries than other type of wastes [10,20]. However, the results of a study lead within the patient relatives in India show that most of the subjects (80 %) had an average knowledge to ensure the maintenance of cleanliness in the nursing room with good practice expressed [21]. If the patient involvement in management of BW is unorthodox, the one of accompanying persons could be favored by the role they play at the side of patients.…”

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Level of involvement of patients and accompanying persons in the management of biomedical waste in Benin

DAVOU¹,

GBEGNIDE²,

Aïna³

et al. 2022

GSC Adv. Res. Rev.

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Introduction: The Management of Biomedical Waste (MBW), needs the involvement and the action of professional or social entities in relationship with health facilities. This study aims to assess the involvement level of Patients and their Accompanying persons (PA) in the MBW. Methods: It was a cross-sectional and analytic study made on 409 PA hired by their commodities, in six health facilities in Benin. Data were collected through a survey on sociodemographic characteristics, type of waste, knowledge and perception of PA on the MBW, the access to storage places and perceptions on health and environment in link with the MBW. The data were entered and treated by Epidata and the software R 4.1.1.1. The proportions were compared with the Chi-square test. Results: At the univariate analysis, the health facility, the gender and the knowledge of the storage place were associated to the involvement of PA in the MBW. The access to the storage places were associated to the health facility, the profession and the knowledge of storage places. The PA that knew the storage place of BW were more than seven times at risk of been involved in the MBW compared to the others. Conclusion: 26.9 % of PA have access to the storage place of BW. Regarding the potential infectious risk that could induct this practice for PA, it is necessary to improve the management system of BW and sensitize the PA.

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confidence: 99%