Safety Practice and Associated Factors among Waste Handlers at Selected Government Hospitals in Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Hospital Based Cross- Sectional Study

given to their safety [4].Medical waste handlers are working in a very poor and unsafe working environment, and mostly they are victims of occupational health hazards from poor safety practices [5].The prevalence of needle stick injuries, sharp injuries, and blood and body fluid splashes among hospital waste handlers is higher because of the lack of personal protective equipment while on duty and inappropriate waste segregation practices [6].The occupational safety of health care waste handlers cannot be overlooked because health care waste handlers are at constant risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens.In Ethiopia, we have a set of Standard Precautions for health safety practices that have been demonstrated to be effective in reducing the