Healthcare Waste Management: Qualitative and Quantitative Appraisal of Nurses in a Tertiary Care Hospital of India
Table 3
Attitudes of the nurses towards healthcare waste management according to their age, gender, department of work, nursing experience, and knowledge level†.
Attitudes of nurses (response: I agree)
Age (years)
Experience
Knowledge level
<25
≥25
M
F
Med
Surg
≤2 yrs
>2 yrs
Poor
Good
Excellent
()
()
()
()
()
()
()
()
()
()
()
Nurses play a critical role in healthcare waste segregation
90.4
93.8
88.9
92.7
85.7‡
98‡
91.8
92.3
89.4
94.1
94.7
Felt the need of refresher training
82.7
89.6
88.9
85.4
79.6
92.2
86.9
84.6
85.1
88.2
84.2
Wearing gloves is essential during waste segregation
98.1
100
100
98.8
98
100
98.4
100
100
100
97.9
Display of posters of healthcare waste segregation
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Patients and entourages’ education is required
38.5
39.6
44.4
37.8
34.7
43.1
39.3
38.5
36.2
47.1
31.6
Expressed as percentage of each subcategory/cell; ‡significant () by Fischer’s exact test; M: male, F: female; Med: medical, Surg: surgical.
