Study of Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Biomedical Waste Management (BMW) at a Rural Teaching Hospital of North India

To study the knowledge and awareness among healthcare workers regarding bio-medical waste management GMC Handwara, a crosssectional study in restrospective design was conducted in randomly selected areas.The study population included doctors, nurses, technician and sanitary staff.A semi-structured questionnaire was adapted from different research papers were used as a study tool.Observation revealed that among the entire study group doctors had a highest mean knowledge score, followed by nursing staff.Lowest mean knowledge score was found in sanitary attendants.There was a significant difference is mean knowledge score of graduate nurses who had a higher mean knowledge score compared to other nursing staff.