Awareness of Biomedical Waste Management in Dental Students in Different Dental Colleges in Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study is to assess the awareness of biomedical waste management in dental students of various dental colleges of Nepal.

Methodology

A structured pretested questionnaire was used among 434 (323 males and 111 females) undergraduate dental students of five different dental colleges of Nepal. First part of the questionnaire was used to describe demographic profile of the participants. Second part of the questionnaire assessed the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding biomedical waste management. Chi-square test was applied to find out the association between different responses obtained from different colleges.

Result

Majority (91.82%) of participants had a positive attitude towards safe management of biomedical waste. Regarding the knowledge of

SUBMITTER: Singh T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6304656 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature