What is it about?

Health facilities, laboratories, chemical businesses, pharmaceutical stores/units, mortuary and autopsy centers, animal research and laboratories, blood banks and collection centers, and nursing homes are the main sources of healthcare waste. To provide the highest level of health safety, national health policy and facility-based interventions must support and fund participatory waste management training that is tailored to the sociodemographic profiles of sanitary employees.

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Why is it important?

Results of this study show that there is a need for contemporary, innovative techniques that support equipping sanitary employees with skills in handling healthcare waste, particularly those that emphasize ways to make the wastes renewable. Policymakers, administrative agencies, managers, bosses, and training institutions can use the findings from this study to develop innovative strategies that involve and empower sanitary workers and other related auxiliary health staff with knowledge, attitude, and skills for appropriate practices of handling healthcare waste in their working stations, even though such innovative ways may take some time to be installed and implemented in health facilities within Tanzania

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Communicable diseases such as Typhoid fever, diarrheal disorders, malaria, skin diseases, respiratory tract infections, and cholera, to name a few, are just a few examples of health related concerns affecting people and healthcare workers in health facilities. They may be linked with improper management and handling of medical wastes in health facilities. sanitary employees need to be trained in handling medical waste.

Dr. Walter C. Millanzi
The University of Dodoma (UDOM)

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This page is a summary of: Knowledge, attitude, and perceived practice of sanitary workers on healthcare waste management: A descriptive cross-sectional study in Dodoma region,Tanzania, SAGE Open Medicine, January 2023, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/20503121231174735.
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