Healthcare Waste Management Practice and Associated Factors among Private and Public Hospitals of Bahir Dar City Administration

Table 4

Factors associated with healthcare waste management (HCWM) practice in Bahir Dar city hospitals, 2017 (n = 418). Factors associated with healthcare waste management in private hospitals.

Variables	HCWM practice		COR at 95% CI	AOR at 95% CI	value
	Good	Poor
Ownership of the hospital
Private	152	40	3.298 (2.133, 5.097)	2.89 (1.85, 4.51)	0.0001
Public	121	105	1.00	1.00
Rules and regulations/legislations on HCWM in your facility
Yes	231	109	1.817 (1.102, 2.995)	1.28 (0.702, 2.326)	0.423
No	42	36	1.00	1.00
Healthcare waste management committee
Yes	193	80	1.96 (1.29, 2.978)	1.75 (1.123, 2.72)	0.013
No	80	65	1.00	1.00
Manual/guideline related to waste handling
Yes	242	111	2.39 (1.39, 4.087)	2.06 (1.152, 3.684)	0.015
No	31	34	1.00	1.00
Having a reporting system related to waste handling injury/accident
Yes	180	82	1.59 (1.05, 2.41)	0.89 (0.532, 1.508)	0.678
No	87	63	1.00	1.00
Knowledge of healthcare waste management
Good	207	95	1.651(1.06, 2.56)	1.315 (0.814, 2.123)	0.263
Poor	66	50	1.00	1.00