The Awareness of Yazd City Hospital Personnel's about the Management of Hospital Wastes in 2011
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Background And Objectives
In recent years, concern about medical waste at health care facilities around the world is rising. Hospital wastes are very dangerous for the environment and public health, therefore, the release of contaminants in the environment and the incidence of hospital infections can be controlled by proper management. In current situation, awareness of the personnel about the management of hospital wastes can help the authorities to develop a strategy to improve the situation in the future. So, this study was designed to determine the awareness of hospital personnel concerning waste management in Yazd Hospitals. Materials And Methods
This is a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 180 medical personnel in Yazd hospitals in 2011. Data collection tool was a researcher made questionnaire that its validity and reliability (α = 0.72) was approved. Statistical analysis were performed using SPSS16 Fisher and Pearson’s correlation tests. Results
The mean scores were about 14.41±4.16 (attributable maximum 29), respectively. The results of this study showed that 65.6 percent of all the samples had a complete and right explanation of hospital wastes. Approximately 47 percent of the participants stated that the hospital where they work has some policies for the waste management. Less than 25 percent of the participants indicated that management process and separation of hospital wastes are good or very good and 37 percent of samples had been involved in trainings related to the management and separation of wastes. Furthermore, there was no statistically significant relationship between the awareness and demographic variables in this study. Conclusion
The results of this study was based on the average awareness of the samples and weaknesses in management and separation of waste in hospitals, so necessary trainings to hospital staff and also developing regulations that emphasize on management and waste separation in hospitals are recommended.Keywords:
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Persian
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Journal of Rafsanjan University Of Medical Sciences, Volume:12 Issue: 2, 2013
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137
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