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August 23, 2026Advances in Clinical Medical ResearchOpen Access

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Bio-Medical Waste Handling and Management Among Health Care Professionals in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central India

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MYManju YadavARAmit Ashok RangariPRPriyadershini Amit Rangari

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Cross-sectional study reveals significant disparities in biomedical waste knowledge across hospital worker groups, indicating an urgent need for targeted training for waste handlers.

Key Points

  • To assess and compare knowledge regarding biomedical waste management across different hospital staff groups, including healthcare professionals, nursing staff, laboratory technicians, and biomedical handlers.
  • Conducted a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study among 100 participants in a tertiary care hospital in Central India, divided equally across four groups (n=25 each): healthcare professionals, nursing staff, laboratory technicians, and biomedical handlers.
  • Evaluated waste management knowledge using a 25-item multiple-choice questionnaire (maximum score of 25 points).
  • Analyzed knowledge scores using descriptive statistics, Kruskal–Wallis test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, Pearson chi-square test, and Fisher’s exact test (significance set at p < 0.05).
  • The overall mean knowledge score across all participants was 21.11 ± 2.42, with correct response rates ranging from 76% to 91%.
  • Knowledge scores differed significantly across groups (H = 47.723, p < 0.001), with the highest scores observed in healthcare professionals (22.92 ± 1.73) and nursing staff (22.20 ± 1.41), followed by laboratory technicians (20.88 ± 1.17) and biomedical handlers (18.44 ± 2.40).

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Yadav et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aae407677a341144471b2https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22040404
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