Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Healthcare Workers Towards Medical Waste Management: A Comparative Study of Two Geographical Areas
Asomugha Adaora Uloma, Nkem Benjamin, István Kiss
Abstract
A comparative study was carried out among healthcare workers in Sweden and Hungaray with a view of assessing their knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards healthcare waste management. Being a potential source of hazard and infections, healthcare waste continues to be a public health concern worldwide. Pretested questionnaire was instrument used for data collection. In both areas more female participated in the study than male. However, age groups of <20 years, 20-30years, 31-40years, 41-50years,51-60years and 61-70years yielded frequencies of 5.7%, 56.2%, 22.9%, 3.8%, 6.7% and 4.8% respectively for Swedish respondents.
Topics & Concepts
Health careHealth hazardMedical wasteHazardMedicineHealthcare workerEnvironmental healthFamily medicineEngineeringPolitical scienceWaste managementOrganic chemistryChemistryLawHealthcare and Environmental Waste Management