Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice about Biomedical Waste Management and Associated Factors among the Healthcare Professionals at Debre Markos Town Healthcare Facilities, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and HCF-related factors for BMWM at Debre Markos town HCFs, 2017 ().

Sociodemographic and HCF-related variables	Variable category	Study participant, (%)
Gender	Male	177 (59.8)
	Female	119 (40.2)
Age of respondents	≤25 years	44 (14.9)
	26–30 years	159 (53.7)
	31–35 years	42 (14.2)
	>35 years	42 (14.2)
	Missing	9 (3)
Educational level	MSc and MD^+	20 (6.8)
	BSc	170 (57.4)
	Diploma	106 (35.8)
Job category	Medical doctor	31 (10.5)
	Nurse	163 (55.1)
	Midwife	27 (9.1)
	Laboratory professional	49 (16.6)
	Health officer	26 (8.8)
Working department/section #	OPD	102 (34.5)
	Ward	93 (31.4)
	Laboratory room	48 (16.2)
	Emergency	64 (21.6)
	Others	72 (24.3)
Work experience	1–5 years	143 (48.3)
	6–10 years	98 (33.1)
	>10 years	49 (16.6)
	Missing	6 (2)
Working hours per day	<8 hours	6 (2)
	8 hours	249 (84.1)
	>8 hours	35 (11.8)
	Missing	6 (2)
Availability of waste management guideline	Yes	159 (51.6)
	No	101 (34.1)
	Not sure	36 (12.2)
Availability of BMWM committee in the facility	Yes	188 (63.5)
	No	57 (19.3)
	Not sure	51 (17.2)

# denotes multiple response question; MD⁺: medical specialists.