Abstract :
Background: Unhealthy disposal of solid waste is considered as one of the most important problems in
many societies and biomedical waste management is a systematic way of disposing of the healthcare waste.
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of educational intervention on knowledge and attitude regarding
biomedical management among nursing students.
Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Yenepoya Nursing College and Hospital
with the approval of the institutional ethical committee during the period December to 2016 among nursing
students with the population proportion 62.4% and sample proportion 72%3
at 5% level of significance
with power 80%, the sample size was 177. All the students who gave consent to be part of the study were
included. Data was collected using a predesigned, pretested, validated and structured proforma and
analyzed with SPSS v.16.0.
Result: Mean age of the participants was 19.33±2 years. Knowledge regarding biomedical waste management
before any educational intervention was very low. There was a statistically significant (p
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