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Assessment of Health Care Workers’ Knowledge Attitudes and Practices of Effective Management of Biomedical Waste in Dodoma City Tanzania

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  • Edward Augustine Magwe

    (Ruaha Catholic University (RUCU))

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Background: Biomedical waste mismanagement has been and continues to be a hazardous health risk to health personnel and the general public. This study endeavoured to identify and asses’ knowledge, attitudes and practices effect biomedical waste management with particular focus on those handling biomedical wastes. Methods: The study used cross-sectional research design. The study was conducted in hospitals, health centres and dispensaries in Dodoma City, Tanzania. The population of the study consisted of all health staff of health facilities in Dodoma City, Tanzania. A total of 142 health care workers participated in the study. Structured questionnaire was used to collect Quantitative data and analysed using descriptive statistical techniques guided by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY). Results: The findings indicated that 96.5% of health care workers were aware that improper management of biomedical wastes lead to various health hazards. 97.9% of the participants indicated that mismanagement of biomedical wastes resulted in environmental problems. 73.2% of the participants stated that dumping of biomedical waste directly into garbage bins for removal and direct incineration were mostly used as methods of biomedical wastes disposal. The result revealed that a significant proportion of staff (80.3%) had not received adequate training related to biomedical waste management. Conclusion: Health care workers in Dodoma city demonstrated good knowledge of the impact of improper management of health care waste had positive attitude and mindsets towards effective management of health care waste and had poor practice of biomedical waste in Dodoma City in Tanzania. Recommendation: In Tanzania there is a need to build a comprehensive system that addresses and defines clearly the responsibilities, and resource allocation criteria for handling and disposing Biomedical wastes.

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  • Edward Augustine Magwe, 2020. "Assessment of Health Care Workers’ Knowledge Attitudes and Practices of Effective Management of Biomedical Waste in Dodoma City Tanzania," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 7(12), pages 01-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bjc:journl:v:7:y:2020:i:12:p:01-10
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