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

Table 6

Factors associated with healthcare waste management (HCWM) practice in Bahir Dar city public hospitals, 2017 (n = 226).

Variables	HCWM practice		COR at 95% CI	AOR at 95% CI	value
	Good	Poor
Sex
Male	43	51	0.584 (0.342, 0.996)	0.668 (0.384, 1.160)	0.152
Female	78	54	1.00	1.00
Availability of rules and regulations/legislations on HCWM in your facility
Yes	104	75	2.447 (1.259, 4.758)	1.276 (0.562, 2.897)	0.561
No	17	30	1.00	1.00
Availability of a manual/guideline related to waste handling
Yes	106	75	2.827 (1.422, 5.617)	2.430 (1.203, 4.908)	0.013
No	15	30	1.00	1.00
Availability of a healthcare waste management committee
Yes	84	56	1.986 (1.152, 3.424)	1.801 (1.029, 3.152)	0.039
No	37	49	1.00	1.00
Healthcare waste management included in the job description
Yes	86	56	2.106 (1.215, 3.652)	1.363 (0.723, 2.569)	0.338
No	35	48	1.00	1.00