Biomedical Waste Management: A Study on the Awareness and Practice among Dental Healthcare Workers in India
Background: Biomedical waste includes waste products generated from medical procedures within healthcare centers, research facilities, diagnostic laboratories, and treatment procedures, immunization process of humans as well as animals from the production and testing of biological substances. Manage...
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| author | Ankit Mahajan Madhura Pawar Amol Namdeorao Patil Sumitra Behera Samarjeet J. Pattnaik Jagadish Prasad Rajguru |
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Biomedical waste includes waste products generated from medical procedures within healthcare centers, research facilities, diagnostic laboratories, and treatment procedures, immunization process of humans as well as animals from the production and testing of biological substances. Management and disposal of biomedical waste should be done using safe as well as proper methods. These methods should be known as well as practiced by all healthcare professionals for reducing transmission of different infections and prevention of different types of health as well as environment-associated hazards.
Aim:
The aim of the present study was to analyze knowledge, awareness, and practice of the management of generated biomedical waste among dental undergraduate students in India.
Materials and Methods:
This randomized cross-sectional study was carried out on a total of 450 dental undergraduate students after obtaining the institutional ethical committee clearance. The questionnaire included details of sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, religion, and caste), knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding handling as well as management of biomedical waste in healthcare settings. Data collection was done for a period of 1 month.
Results and Observations:
On assessing knowledge regarding the generation of biomedical waste along with legislation, it was observed that only 10.19% of dentistry students had an excellent level of knowledge regarding generation as well as legislation concerned with biomedical waste, whereas only 2.03% of undergraduate dental students possessed an extremely poor level of knowledge. On analyzing awareness concerning practices of waste regulation and management, it was observed that only 6% of dental undergraduate students had “excellent” level of knowledge concerning the practice of biomedical waste management. On analyzing the attitude of dental students toward the management of biomedical, it was observed that 29.1% possessed a poor attitude regarding the issue of proper biomedical waste management.
Conclusion:
In the present study, it was observed that the majority of dental students pursuing undergraduate courses did not have adequate knowledge, attitude, and awareness regarding the practice of adequate biomedical waste management and disposal. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-962de7825342412f93abbde59bc8c8bf2025-01-12T10:36:52ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of International Clinical Dental Research Organization2231-07542231-53572024-12-0116212012510.4103/jicdro.jicdro_49_24Biomedical Waste Management: A Study on the Awareness and Practice among Dental Healthcare Workers in IndiaAnkit MahajanMadhura PawarAmol Namdeorao PatilSumitra BeheraSamarjeet J. PattnaikJagadish Prasad RajguruBackground: Biomedical waste includes waste products generated from medical procedures within healthcare centers, research facilities, diagnostic laboratories, and treatment procedures, immunization process of humans as well as animals from the production and testing of biological substances. Management and disposal of biomedical waste should be done using safe as well as proper methods. These methods should be known as well as practiced by all healthcare professionals for reducing transmission of different infections and prevention of different types of health as well as environment-associated hazards. Aim: The aim of the present study was to analyze knowledge, awareness, and practice of the management of generated biomedical waste among dental undergraduate students in India. Materials and Methods: This randomized cross-sectional study was carried out on a total of 450 dental undergraduate students after obtaining the institutional ethical committee clearance. The questionnaire included details of sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, religion, and caste), knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding handling as well as management of biomedical waste in healthcare settings. Data collection was done for a period of 1 month. Results and Observations: On assessing knowledge regarding the generation of biomedical waste along with legislation, it was observed that only 10.19% of dentistry students had an excellent level of knowledge regarding generation as well as legislation concerned with biomedical waste, whereas only 2.03% of undergraduate dental students possessed an extremely poor level of knowledge. On analyzing awareness concerning practices of waste regulation and management, it was observed that only 6% of dental undergraduate students had “excellent” level of knowledge concerning the practice of biomedical waste management. On analyzing the attitude of dental students toward the management of biomedical, it was observed that 29.1% possessed a poor attitude regarding the issue of proper biomedical waste management. Conclusion: In the present study, it was observed that the majority of dental students pursuing undergraduate courses did not have adequate knowledge, attitude, and awareness regarding the practice of adequate biomedical waste management and disposal.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jicdro.jicdro_49_24biomedicaldentaldisposalknowledgemanagementstudentsundergraduatewaste |
| spellingShingle | Ankit Mahajan Madhura Pawar Amol Namdeorao Patil Sumitra Behera Samarjeet J. Pattnaik Jagadish Prasad Rajguru Biomedical Waste Management: A Study on the Awareness and Practice among Dental Healthcare Workers in India Journal of International Clinical Dental Research Organization biomedical dental disposal knowledge management students undergraduate waste |
| title | Biomedical Waste Management: A Study on the Awareness and Practice among Dental Healthcare Workers in India |
| title_full | Biomedical Waste Management: A Study on the Awareness and Practice among Dental Healthcare Workers in India |
| title_fullStr | Biomedical Waste Management: A Study on the Awareness and Practice among Dental Healthcare Workers in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biomedical Waste Management: A Study on the Awareness and Practice among Dental Healthcare Workers in India |
| title_short | Biomedical Waste Management: A Study on the Awareness and Practice among Dental Healthcare Workers in India |
| title_sort | biomedical waste management a study on the awareness and practice among dental healthcare workers in india |
| topic | biomedical dental disposal knowledge management students undergraduate waste |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jicdro.jicdro_49_24 |
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