Factors Affecting the Infectious Waste Management System on Practice Disposal Waste Among Health Workers in Bengkulu Hospital

摘要

Hospital activities restore health and save lives at the same time; however, they can generate infectious wastes to a human being or the environment. Infectious waste have to used specifically treatment for reduce waste. In most of hospital of Bengkulu Indonesia do not use an incinerator and then good of practice about disposal infectious is important to minimize the danger to humans and environment. To analyze association demographic social determinants, working status, knowledge and attitude with practice of disposal infectious waste among health personal in small hospital in Bengkulu Town. A cross sectional study and data were collected through a structured questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were computed. The total sample is 366 personal health including nurses 78.96%, midwives 8.20%, sanitation staff 0.27%, doctor 3.01%, pharmacist 1.09%, dentist 0.82%, administration staff 1.37%, nutrition officer 1.37%, supplier officer 1.09% and other occupation 3.83%. The multivariate analysis reported that practice disposal of infectious waste was associated significantly with working hour/day (Adjusted OR: 2.53,95% CI: 1.61 to 3.98) with p-value:<0.001, knowledge (Adjusted OR: 1.89,95% CI: 1.14 3.14) with p-value:<0.013 and attitude (Adjusted OR: 6.24,95% CI: 2.83 to 13.76) with p-value:<0.001. The Management of hospital must provide information about the dangers of infectious waste and also information about the steps of waste disposal as a whole from segregation to disposal, not just focus on segregation.