Healthcare waste management practices among healthcare workers in healthcare facilities of Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia

dc.contributor.author	Muluken, Azage	en
dc.contributor.author	Haimanot, Gebrehiwot	en
dc.contributor.author	Mesafint, Molla	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-19T01:34:19Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-19T01:34:19Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-19
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1422
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Medical personnel
dc.subject	Ιατρικό προσωπικό
dc.subject	Ιατρικές παροχές
dc.subject	Healthcare waste management practice
dc.subject	Healthcare facilities
dc.title	Healthcare waste management practices among healthcare workers in healthcare facilities of Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Research article	en
heal.classification	Primary care (Medicine)
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Νοσηλευτική
heal.classification	Αιθιοπία
heal.classification	Ethiopia
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006808
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Αιθιοπία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ethiopia
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082982
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2013-09
heal.bibliographicCitation	Muluken, A., Haimanot, G. & Mesafint, M. (September 2013). Healthcare waste management practices among healthcare workers in healthcare facilities of Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia. “Health Science Journal”. 7(3):315-326.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Some types of healthcare wastes pose a risk on human health as well as contaminate the environment. Healthcare wastes management practice in many developing countries have given less attention by healthcare workers and healthcare managers. Objective: The aim of the present study was to assess healthcare waste management practices among healthcare workers in healthcare facilities of Gondar town. Method: A cross sectional study was employed to describe healthcare waste management practices of healthcare workers from April to May 2011. A total of 260 healthcare workers from 11 healthcare facilities were included in this study using simple random sampling technique. A semi structured questionnaire and observational check list were used to collect data. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 16. Results: From the assessment done 31.5% of the respondents had a health care waste management practices. Knowledge on types of healthcare waste (OR: 6.36: 95%CI: 1.71, 23.63) and diseases transmission with healthcare waste (OR: 5.19; 95% CI: 2.23, 12.07) and training (OR: 2.29; 95%CI: 1.24, 4.24) were significantly associated with healthcare waste management practices of healthcare workers. Segregation of waste was not practiced in the surveyed healthcare facilities. None of the healthcare facilities had colored coded containers and healthcare waste management documents. Conclusion: Majority of healthcare workers did not practice healthcare wastes management. Hence, providing adequate numbers of waste bins, regular training and supervision on healthcare waste management are recommended to improve the problems of poor management of healthcare wastes.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2013-07