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Management Science Letters
ISSN 1923-9343 (Online) - ISSN 1923-9335 (Print)
Quarterly Publication
Volume 7 Issue 10 pp. 467-478, 2017

Exploring the awareness level of biomedical waste management: Case of Indian healthcare Pages 467-478 PDF Download PDF

Authors: Rahul S. Mor, Sarbjit Singh, Arvind Bhardwaj, Mohammad Osama

📋 Author Affiliations:
R.S. Mor ORCID , S. Singh ORCID , A. Bhardwaj ORCID , M. Osama
¹ Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
doi 10.5267/j.msl.2017.7.004
11 Source: Scopus
Crossref 14 Source: CrossRef

🔑 Keywords: Biomedical waste (BMW), descriptive statistics analysis, Healthcare facilities, Pollution, Disposal of waste, Hospital management

Abstract: This study aims to investigate the awareness level of Biomedical waste managements in healthcare facilities, and their perception among hospital waste management team, doctors, nurses, lab technicians and waste handlers in Northwest Delhi region in India. The study has been conducted through a questionnaire survey followed by the descriptive statistical analysis method. Questionnaire contains of 38 questions, where the first section deals with the hospital waste management team, the second section is for doctors, nurses and lab technicians, and the third section is for the waste handlers. Out of 311 respondents, there were 16 hospital waste management teams, 81 doc-tors, 92 nurses, 49 lab technicians and 73 waste handlers. It was surprising that only 40% (n=10) hospitals had any kind of waste treatment & disposal facility onsite, only 10% hospitals were using the latest technology and 60% hospitals shred the Biomedical waste before disposal. It was good to see that none of the hospital waste managements disposed the waste with general waste, and 40% of them were exhausting through government agencies and the remaining 60% were using private agencies to dispose the waste. Finally, all the hospitals maintained the record of waste generated. It is concluded that there was a lack of awareness about the biomedical waste generation, legislation and management among healthcare personnel, and they all needed regular audits and training pro-grams at all levels, and a proper management starting from waste generation to its disposal at sites.

How to cite this paper
APA: Mor, R., Singh, S., Bhardwaj, A & Osama, M. (2017). Exploring the awareness level of biomedical waste management: Case of Indian healthcare. Management Science Letters, 7(10), 467-478.
Chicago/Turabian: Mor, R., Singh, S., Bhardwaj, A & Osama, M. 2017. "Exploring the awareness level of biomedical waste management: Case of Indian healthcare." Management Science Letters 7, no. 10 (2017): 467-478.
AMA: Mor, R., Singh, S., Bhardwaj, A & Osama, M. Exploring the awareness level of biomedical waste management: Case of Indian healthcare. Management Science Letters. 2017;7(10):467-478.

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