Assessing the Knowledge Regarding Biomedical Waste Management Practices in a Multi-Speciality Hospital | Chapter 10 | Medicine and Medical Research: New Perspectives Vol. 7

 

Aims: The present study assesses the knowledge of Biomedical waste (BMW) categories, colour coding, transport, storage, and disposal of Biomedical waste among healthcare workers.

 

Background: Hospital waste (Biomedical waste) is dangerous due to its hazardous and infectious nature in comparison to other kinds of waste. Almost 75-90% of the waste produced by hospitals, nursing homes, etc. is non-risk in nature as it is generated from administrative and general housekeeping.

 

Materials and methods:  This cross-sectional study was conducted over the duration of 1 month, in the Multi-speciality Hospital, Pune, India. A predesigned questionnaire with closed-ended questions was used to conduct this study on HCWs. Data related to awareness and knowledge about various aspects of biomedical waste management were collected.

 

Results: Out of 100 HCWs, 40 doctors knew all BMW categories. 45 doctors and 40 nursing staff (a total of 85 HCWs) correctly answered questions on colour coding. Only 30 doctors and 21 nursing staff knew about BMW transport. 25 doctors and 18 nurses answered correctly about BMW storage and disposal. In our study, 60% of healthcare workers including doctors and nursing staff were aware of BMW categories. 85% of healthcare workers had knowledge about colour coding of biomedical waste.

 

Conclusion: Vigorous and repeated training and evaluation are needed to bridge the knowledge gaps among HCWs. Hands-on sessions on various aspects of BMW management under supervision need to be organised separately involving each category of HCWs as well as for the frontline staff (Pharmacists, billing, reception) in every healthcare organization to improve compliance amongst all stakeholders.

 

Author (s) Details

Ketaki N. Pathak
Department of Microbiology, Symbiosis International (Deemed) University (SIU), Symbiosis Medical College for Women (SMCW), Lavale, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

 

Niranjan P. Pathak
Department of General Medicine, PCMC’s PGI & YCM Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, India.

 

AnjaliV.Kulkarni
Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Shree Siddheshwar College of Physiotherapy, Solapur, Maharashtra, India.

 

 

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Racial Diversity and Residential Segregation: A Complex Relationship | Chapter 9 | Recent Trends in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 7

I review the plans of transfer pricing adjustment secondhand by the IRS for transfers of real and intangible property 'tween related parties. These means include the corresponding uncontrolled price method, the resale price arrangement, the cost-plus method, the comparable profits methods, the profit split method, and the corresponding uncontrolled transaction order. An example, using the corresponding profits methodology, is too shown.

Author(s) Details:

Robert William Pendergrass,
TallgrassGIS, Broken Arrow, OK 74012, USA.

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Development of a Weighted Additive Model for Certainty Equivalents of Binary Gambles that are Decomposed into Risky and Sure Parts | Chapter 6 | Current Aspects in Business, Economics and Finance Vol. 4

 In the sense that binary bets are divided into safe bets and hazardous bets, this chapter offers a weighted additive model for the certainty equivalents of these bets. Weight is used to assess the impact of combining the choice for a safe investment with the sure reward. First, the addition of a specified gain and a conditional certainty equivalent is used to decompose each gamble's certainty equivalent. In order to describe the conditional certainty equivalent as a multiplicative form by weight, two more criteria are added.

Author(s) Details:

Yutaka Matsushita,
Kanazawa Institute of Technology, 3-1, Yatsukaho, Hakusan, Ishikawa - 924-0838, Japan.

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