Perception and Practice of Health Personnel Regarding Biomedical Waste Management (BMW) in Selected wards of S.C.B. Medical College Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha.

Abstract

Background: The wastes produced in healthcare especially in hospitals have serious health problems of individuals who directly or indirectly come in contact with this product and it has also hazardous effect on environment if they are not handled properly. Objective: This paper describes the co-relation between perception and practice of health personnel regarding biomedical waste management (BMW) whether the health personnel have some knowledge regarding BMW or not. So to enunciate the perception, a study was therefore undertaken in selected wards of a Medical College Hospital of district Cuttack in the state of Odisha and then we assess the practice of health personnel regarding BMW. Methods: In the study, the researcher adopted Purposive Sampling technique. The study consisted of 90 number of health personnel; doctors, nurses, laboratory technician, waste handler, nursing orderly of 5 major wards like medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, operation theatre and regional diagnostic centre at S.C.B. Medical College Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha. Results: The data collected, organized, tabulated and planned to be analyzed using descriptive statistics on the basis of objectives and hypotheses of the study. The analyzed data will be presented in the form of table, diagrams, charts and graphs. Conclusions: We found there is a good proportion of hospital manpower is untrained. Though not poor, the practice of the BMW in the said setting is not good either. The practice of BMW could be enhanced by a training package to different category of personnel considering their level of understanding along with better supervision.