Healthcare Waste Management Practice and Associated Factors among Private and Public Hospitals of Bahir Dar City Administration
Table 5
Factors associated with healthcare waste management (HCWM) practice in Bahir Dar city private hospitals, 2017 (n = 192). Factors associated with healthcare waste management in public hospitals.
Variables
HCWM practice
COR at 95% CI
AOR at 95% CI
value
Good
Poor
Sex
Male
74
15
1.623 (1.794, 3.318)
6.43 (1.817, 22.769)
0.004
Female
77
25
1.00
1.00
Having a healthcare waste management committee
Yes
109
24
1.690 (1.819, 3.487)
1.32 (0.23, 2.72)
0.58
No
43
16
1.00
1.00
Having a functional healthcare waste management committee
Yes
69
11
2.039 (1.235, 4.976)
6.473 (1.93, 21.76)
0.003
No
40
13
1.00
1.00
Having a reporting system related to waste handling injury/accident
Yes
105
26
1.379 (1.656, 2.900)
0.524 (0.124, 2.217)
0.380
No
41
14
1.00
1.00
Healthcare waste management included in the healthcare worker’s job description
