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- Title
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH APPROPRIATE HEALTH-CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT AMONG NURSING PROFESSIONALS.
- Authors
Pontes Oliveira, Luana; dos Santos Mendonça, Isabela Vieira; Santos Gomes, Sâmea Cristina; de Jesus Mendes Caldas, Arlene
- Abstract
Objective: investigate the factors associated with appropriate Health-Care Waste (HCW) management among Nursing professionals. Method: cross-sectional, analytic study involving 461 professionals at a public, state-owned hospital in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, between June 2014 and January 2016. Results: 40.13% were between 30 and 39 years, 92.84% were women, 63.99% had <12 years of education, 50,3% possessed 1-5 years of experience on the job, 63.99% performed the HCW management appropriately, 27.99% used all Personal Protective Equipment during the waste segregation. Improper HCW management was associated with ages between 30 and 39 years (p=0.010), the category nursing technician (p=0.013) and the inappropriate definition of HCW (p<0.001). Conclusion: professionals between 30 and 39 years of age, nursing technicians and professionals unable to define HCW were associated with inappropriate HCW management.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HOSPITALS; PROTECTIVE clothing; PROBABILITY theory; RESEARCH; CROSS-sectional method; MEDICAL waste disposal; HOSPITAL nursing staff
- Publication
Revista Baiana de Enfermagem, 2018, Vol 32, p1
- ISSN
0102-5430
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18471/rbe.v32.25104