Research Article
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in respect of Medical Waste Management among Healthcare Workers in Clinics
Table 5
The responses to the items relating to the respondents attitude towards MWM.
| | Attitudes towards MWM | Doctors/dentists (n = 48), n (%) | Medical assistants/nurses (n = 213), n (%) | Medical receptionists (n = 63), n (%) | Others (n = 20), n (%) | Total |
| | (1) MW generated from clinics must be handled properly | | Agree | 48 (100.0%) | 208(97.7%) | 59(93.7%) | 20(100.0%) | 335(97.4%) | | Undecided | 0(0.0%) | 3(1.4%) | 4(6.3%) | 0(0.0%) | 7(2.0%) | | Disagree | 0(0.0%) | 2(0.9%) | 0(0.0%) | 0(0.0%) | 2(0.6%) |
| | (2) MW segregation is important | | Agree | 41(85.4%) | 181(85.0%) | 57(90.5%) | 19 (95.0%) | 298(86.6%) | | Undecided | 2(4.2%) | 13(6.1%) | 4(6.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 19(5.6%) | | Disagree | 5(10.4%) | 19(8.9%) | 2(3.2%) | 1 (5.0%) | 27(7.8%) |
| | (3) Co-disposal of MW with general waste can cause unsafe effects | | Agree | 38(79.2%) | 171(80.3%) | 51(81.0%) | 16(80.0%) | 276(80.2%) | | Undecided | 2(4.1%) | 4(1.9%) | 6(9.5%) | 3(15.0%) | 15(4.4%) | | Disagree | 8(16.7%) | 38(17.8%) | 6(9.5%) | 1(5.0%) | 53(15.4%) |
| | (4) MW must be collected more carefully | | Agree | 39(81.3%) | 185(86.9%) | 55(87.3%) | 15(75.0%) | 294(85.5%) | | Undecided | 2(4.2%) | 5(2.3%) | 1(1.6%) | 0(0.0%) | 8(2.3%) | | Disagree | 7(14.5%) | 23(10.8%) | 7(11.1%) | 5(25.0%) | 42(12.2%) |
| | (5) General waste management and MW management are different | | Agree | 39(81.3%) | 174(81.7%) | 52(82.5%) | 16(80.0%) | 281(81.7%) | | Undecided | 4(8.3%) | 23(10.8%) | 8(12.7%) | 1(5.0%) | 36(10.5%) | | Disagree | 5(10.4%) | 16(7.5%) | 3(4.8%) | 3(15.0%) | 27(7.8%) |
| | (6) Biomedical waste containers should be marked with a biohazard symbol | | Agree | 40(83.3%) | 178(83.6%) | 55(87.3%) | 16(80.0%) | 289(84.0%) | | Undecided | 2(4.2%) | 9(4.2%) | 5(7.9%) | 0(0.0%) | 16(4.7%) | | Disagree | 6(12.5%) | 26(12.2%) | 3(4.8%) | 4(20.0%) | 39(11.3%) |
| | (7) Gloves should always be used during medical services to prevent the hazards associated with exposure | | Agree | 46 (95.8%) | 201 (94.4%) | 61 (96.8%) | 16 (80.0%) | 324 (94.2%) | | Undecided | 2 (4.2%) | 4 (1.9%) | 2 (3.2%) | 2 (10.0%) | 10 (2.9%) | | Disagree | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (3.7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (10.0%) | 10 (2.9%) |
| | (8) MW management in your clinic is proper | | Agree | 25(52.1%) | 146(68.5%) | 50(79.4%) | 11(55.0%) | 232(67.4%) | | Undecided | 16(33.3%) | 60(28.2%) | 13(20.6%) | 7(35.0) | 96(27.9%) | | Disagree | 7(14.6%) | 7(3.3%) | 0(0.0%) | 2(10.0%) | 16(4.7%) |
| | (9) MW management is your duty | | Agree | 42(87.5%) | 155(72.8%) | 41(65.1%) | 16(80.0%) | 254(73.8%) | | Undecided | 5(10.4%) | 43(20.2%) | 16(25.4%) | 1(5.0%) | 65(18.9%) | | Disagree | 1(2.1%) | 15(7.0%) | 6(9.5%) | 3(15.0%) | 25(7.3%) |
| | (10) MW management must be more strictly supervised by the local government agencies | | Agree | 37(77.1%) | 156(73.3%) | 37(58.7%) | 16(80.0%) | 246(71.5%) | | Undecided | 10(20.8%) | 55(25.8%) | 24(38.1%) | 3(15.0%) | 92(26.8%) | | Disagree | 1(2.1%) | 2(0.9%) | 2(3.2%) | 1(5.0%) | 6(1.7%) |
| | Categorization of the total score from all 10 items | | High | 41(85.4%) | 199(93.4%) | 60(95.2%) | 16(80.0%) | 316(91.9%) | | Medium | 7(14.6%) | 14(6.6%) | 3(4.8%) | 4(20.0%) | 28(8.1%) | | Low | 0(0.0%) | 0(0.0%) | 0(0.0%) | 0(0.0%) | 0(0.0%) |
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∗MWM: medical waste management; MW: medical waste.
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