Impact of educational intervention on the knowledge of biomedical waste management among healthcare workers in the tertiary care district hospital, Shahjahanpur, U.P.

Biomedical waste management has recentlyemerged as an issue of major concern notonly to hospitals,nursing home authorities but to the environmental & law enforcement agencies, media and the general public also.A proper knowledge among the healthcare workers about the rules and  regulations of BMW and a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities in handling BMW can go alongway towards the safe disposal of hazardous hospital waste and protect the community from various adverse effects ofthe hazardous waste.Material & Methods:The study group comprised of health care personnel who included junior doctors, staff nurses,laboratory technicians and ClassIV sanitary staffs working in the institution.The study subjects consisted of 115 respondents:14 junior doctors, 33nurses,17 lab technicians and 51 sanitary staffs. An informed oral consent has been taken from the study subjects.Result:Assessments of the pre & post-test knowledge of nursing staffs & sanitary staffs shows that there was increase in post-test knowledge in average and good categories but decrease in poor category. Person injured from biomedical sharps/blood contaminated articles, biomedical waste material mixed with general waste were more in comparison to post-test knowledge and it is found to be statistically significant.Conclusion:From this educational interventional study, it is concluded that the paramedical staff was lacking in the correct knowledge in various aspects of Bio-medical waste management before training. The knowledge was significantly raised after the training session