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Tarkie Abebe, Clinical nurse at university of Gondar specialized hospital Gondar Ethiopia she has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, MSc in Surgical Nursing Specialization, EthiopiaReceived: September 26, 2018; Published: October 09, 2018
DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.09.001847
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Background : Healthcare wastes can be potentially risky to health care providers, patients’, the community and the environment particularly when it is inappropriately placed at the time of generation. Data on the knowledge and practice of healthcare professionals on health care waste segregation is scarce in our setting. Therefore, the objective of the study was to assess knowledge, practice and associated factors of health care waste segregation among health care providers at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017.
Methods : Institution based cross sectional study was conducted from April 10 to May 10, 2017. Pretested self-administered questionnaire and observational checklist were used. The data was coded, cleaned and entered into Epi Info version 7statistical software and analyzed using SPSS version 20.
Results: This study revealed that health care providers who had adequate knowledge and appropriate practice about health care waste segregation were 39% and 42.6% respectively. In the multivariable analysis training (AOR 1.81 CI 95% 1.15, 2.88), and reward (AOR 1.80 CI 95% 1.10, 2.89) were significantly associated with the knowledge. And training (AOR 1.71 CI 95% 1.08, 2.71), personal needs to use personal protective equipment for health care waste handling (AOR 3.15 CI 95% 1.97, 4.45), were significantly associated with the practice of health care waste segregation.
Conclusion and Recommendation: Health care providers’ knowledge and practice towards health care waste segregation in University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized hospital was inadequate. Training and reward were significantly associated with knowledge. And training and personal needs to use personal protective equipment for handling health care waste segregation were associated with practice of health care providers on health care waste segregation. Provide regular training and rewarding to the health care providers is important.
Keywords :Health Care Provider; Health Care Waste Segregation; Knowledge; Practice
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