EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF TRlAINING ON HOSPITAL WASTE MANAGEMENT: A PRE AND POST-TEST ANALYSIS
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Hospital Waste Management, Training Program, Pre- and Post-Test, Healthcare Workers, Knowledge, Protocol Adherence, Awareness, PPE Use, Confidence, MEO Hospital Lahore (5).
Abstract
Background: Hospital waste management is critical for maintaining safety and hygiene in healthcare settings. Training programs are implemented to enhance healthcare workers' knowledge, adherence to protocols, awareness, use of personal protective equipment (PPE), and confidence in handling hospital waste. However, what needs to be noted is that the outcomes of these programs can be positive or negative.
Objectives : The purpose of this research was to assess whether a specific training had any effect on the hospital waste management outcomes in MEO Hospital Lahore by using the pre- and post-training questionnaires containing the staff (1).
Methods : The experimental method was employed in this study and this entails the use of pre- and post-tests to determine the efficacy of the training program. A closed questionnaire was filled by the healthcare staff such as doctors, nurses and other health care personnel, before and after the training program. The survey focused on recruit knowledge on protocols to be followed, types of wastes, knowledge of the use of PPEs and confidence level. Descriptive statistics were employed to calculate the means while t-tests were used to compare the means of variables before and after the intervention, to establish their significance (2).
Results : Similarly the paired t-tests did not show any enhancements in the level of knowledge (p = 1. 00) pertaining to the use of protocols and identifying the categories of wastes, personal protective gears utilized (p = 0. 25) along with the confidence level (p = 0. 91) among the staff after the trainingv (3).
Conclusion : Despite the training that was conducted to workers of MEO Hospital Lahore, the study did not show an appreciation of proper hospital waste management. It is therefore recommended that there should be improved healthcare worker’s Waste Management training methods which are more specific, participatory and sustained to improve the coping assets of the healthcare workers. Therefore, the outlined elements should be integrated into future training programs to gain the desired results (4).
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Hafiz Aamir Ali Kharl
Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
Faryal Shaikh
Senior Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine, Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College ( FRPMC) Karachi, Pakistan
Likowsky Desir
MPH, MSc, Department of Surgery, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, United States
Tariq Rafique
Assistant Professor Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education, Karachi, Pakistan