Knowledge, attitude, and practices about biomedical waste management among dental healthcare personnel in dental colleges in Himachal Pradesh: A cross-sectional study

Manchanda, Kavita; Fotedar, Shailee; Dahiya, Parveen; Vats, Ankur; Sarkar, Avishek De; Vats, Anjali Shrivastava

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“…Thus, the majority of the students in this study did not practice proper dental waste segregation and disposal methods, although intern students exhibited better practices compared to final year and 3 rd year students. Although most of our dental students were aware of the hazardous effect of improper disposal, a large proportion of them did not practice proper methods of BMW disposal, which is similar to the studies by Bansal et al [7], Sanjeev et al [8], Manchanda et al [11], and Bangennavar et al [12].…”

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“…This is much higher than what was About 86% of students in our study knew about the categories of dental waste materials generated in the clinics, which is similar to the study by reported by Sanjeev et al [8] (96.6%), Chudasama et al [10] (96.5%), Manchanda et al [11] (90%), and Mathur et al [9] (81.3%). However, in the study by Bansal et al [7], only 76% of the dentists segregated different wastes according to the laws of BMW management.…”

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“…This was much higher than the results observed by Mathur et al [9], Bansal et al [7], and Chudasama et al [10] where only around 65.3%, 58%, and 63.1% used to dispose sharps in puncture-proof containers. Whereas only 41.7% and 26.4% of study participants disposed needles in puncture proof containers according to the study by Manchanda et al [11] and Charania and Ingle [5], respectively.…”

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Knowledge, Awareness, and Practices Regarding Biomedical Waste Management Among Undergraduate Dental Students

Kumar

Rahman

2017

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge, awareness, and practices of dental students regarding biomedical waste (BMW) management.Methods: A self-administered structured questionnaire consisting of 16 questions on knowledge, awareness, and practices about BMW management was distributed among 100 students randomly belonging to 3 rd year, final year and intern students of Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha University, Chennai. The data extracted were tabulated, statistically analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 and results obtained. The data were analyzed using ANOVA test (all the results are calculated at 1% level of significance) and Post-hoc test.Results: Overall, 67% respondents were aware of the existing BMW management policy systems in India. 62% of students were aware about the correct color coding management system for hospital waste management that prevails in India. 86% of students knew about the dental waste categories of materials used in dentistry. There was a statistically significant difference of knowledge levels among the 3 rd year, final year students and the interns. 100% practice discarding sharps in the puncture-proof containers. Only 27% of the respondents discarded the extracted tooth in a proper way. Only 51% of them have attended previous training programs on dental waste management. There was also a statistically significant difference of BMW disposal practices among the three groups. Conclusion:The majority of dental students in our study have good level of knowledge and awareness regarding BMW management in dental clinics. However, their practice toward BMW disposal was poor. Hence, the knowledge acquired must be put into practice. Intern students have the highest level of knowledge and practices toward dental waste disposal when compared to final year and 3 rd year students. Hence, these findings imply that proper training, continuing education programs, and short-term courses about BMW management, and infection control procedures are required to motivate the dental students and dental auxiliaries. The importance of training regarding BMW management must be emphasized as the lack of proper and complete knowledge about BMW management impacts practices of appropriate waste disposal.

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Knowledge, Awareness, and Practices Regarding Biomedical Waste Management Among Undergraduate Dental Students

Kumar

Rahman

2017

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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“…According to a study of Manchanda et al, 90% participants agreed that use of colour code for segregation is a must. 13 In the present study, 89.5% participants agreed that segregation saves the environment from polluting and only 47.4% agreed that it is important to always dispose needles in puncture-proof containers, and the scores increased after training. Jadhav et al in their study reported that 94.2% participants agreed that segregation saves the environment from polluting and 85.8% agreed that it is important to always dispose needles in puncture-proof containers, and the scores improved after training.…”

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Impact of educational intervention on knowledge and attitude of bio-medical waste management among health care personnel working in a tertiary care hospital of Bengaluru city, Karnataka, India

Sharma¹,

Hiremath²,

Sudeepa³

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: The waste produced in the course of healthcare activities carries a higher potential for infection and injury than any other type of waste. Inadequate and inappropriate knowledge of handling of healthcare waste among health care personnel may have serious health consequences and a significant impact on the environment as well. Hence this study was undertaken to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding the bio-medical waste management among nurses and laboratory technicians working in our hospital and to evaluate the effect of the intervention program given to them.Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted among the nurses and laboratory technicians working at The Oxford Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Bengaluru. An identical pre-designed and pre-tested structured questionnaire was given to them before and after the training session.Results: After the training program, a statistically significant increase in knowledge on all aspects of bio-medical waste management was found among the study participants. The attitude on all aspects related to BMW management improved among the participants after the intervention.Conclusions:All health care personnel must undergo regular training in BMW management. This should be coupled with effective implementation of rules and regular monitoring by authorities.

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“…Dental diagnostic and treatment modalities require various chemicals, radiographical materials and materials such as mercury, needles, radiographic ilms et cetera (Bansal et al, 2013;Manchanda et al, 2015;Kumar and Rahman, 2017). Dental wastes belong to the subset of biomedical wastes.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among undergraduate dental students of a private dental institution in Chennai

Deeksheetha

Sakthi

Kareem

2020

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To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among undergraduate dental students of a private teaching hospital in Chennai. Biomedical wastes are all wastes that are being generated during diagnosis, treatment or immunisation of human beings in the testing of biologicals and it's contaminated with human fluids. The waste generated by the healthcare workers during the treatment of patients is the most dangerous of all wastes and has a higher potential for infection and injury. This was an online questionnaire-based study, conducted on an online survey platform in April. The questionnaire was circulated among the Undergraduate dental students (third and fourth years and interns) of Saveetha dental college and hospitals, Chennai. The responses were collected and tabulated using the excel sheet and were exported to the SPSS software by IBM for statistical analysis. Among the interns, 85% had good knowledge and practice of biomedical waste management. 85% had a positive attitude towards the management of BMW. Amongst the final years, 80% had good knowledge, only 65% had a positive attitude and only 18% of the final years practice good BMW management. In the third year, 50% had good knowledge, 58% had a positive attitude and 58% had a good practice of biomedical waste management. The interns had good knowledge, a more positive attitude and good practice of biomedical waste management compared to the third and final years.

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Knowledge, attitude, and practices about biomedical waste management among dental healthcare personnel in dental colleges in Himachal Pradesh: A cross-sectional study

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Knowledge, Awareness, and Practices Regarding Biomedical Waste Management Among Undergraduate Dental Students

Knowledge, Awareness, and Practices Regarding Biomedical Waste Management Among Undergraduate Dental Students

Impact of educational intervention on knowledge and attitude of bio-medical waste management among health care personnel working in a tertiary care hospital of Bengaluru city, Karnataka, India

Knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among undergraduate dental students of a private dental institution in Chennai

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