Improving Critical Care Nurses' Waste Management Standards: A Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Risk Perception Study.

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Hospital Topics Pub Date : 2025-06-16 DOI:10.1080/00185868.2025.2514666

Shimmaa Mohamed Elsayed, Sameer A Alkubati, Basma Salameh, Awatif M Alrasheeday, Salam Bani Hani, Mohammed ALBashtawy, Asem Abdalrahim, Zaid ALBashtawy, Sa'd ALBashtawy, Abdullah Alkhawaldeh

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Abstract

Background: Hospital waste has the potential to contain dangerous microorganisms. Potentially harmful bacteria found in hospital waste can cause infections in the public, healthcare personnel, and workers.

Aim: The study aimed to determine waste management knowledge, attitudes, and practice and their relationship with risk perception among critical care nurses.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was used. Data was collected using self-reported questionnaires to measure nurses' knowledge, attitude, practice, and risk perception toward waste management. The study was conducted in intensive care units at two major hospitals in the Alberehria government in Egypt.

Results: A total of 300 nurses were recruited. The risk perception measure revealed a slight positive association with nurses' practice and attitude, but a strong positive correlation with their knowledge. Furthermore, over two-thirds of the nurses scored moderate practice for waste management, and over half showed strong knowledge of waste management.

Conclusion: The results suggest that factors such as level of education, gender, type of working units, experience years, and the number of working hours may influence waste management knowledge, attitudes, practice, and risk perception among nurses.

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提高重症护理护士废物管理标准：一项知识、态度、实践和风险认知研究。

背景：医院废物有可能含有危险微生物。在医院废物中发现的潜在有害细菌可导致公众、医护人员和工作人员感染。目的：本研究旨在了解重症护理护士的废物管理知识、态度和实践及其与风险感知的关系。方法：采用横断面研究。采用自我报告问卷收集数据，以衡量护士对废物管理的知识、态度、做法和风险认知。这项研究是在埃及亚伯利亚省政府的两家主要医院的重症监护室进行的。结果：共招募护士300人。风险感知与护士的实践和态度有轻微的正相关，但与护士的知识有很强的正相关。此外，超过三分之二的护士对废物管理的实践得分中等，超过一半的护士对废物管理有很强的了解。结论：受教育程度、性别、工作单位类型、工作年限、工作时数等因素影响护士废弃物管理知识、态度、行为和风险认知。

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Hospital Topics Medicine-Medicine (all)

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期刊介绍： Hospital Topics is the longest continuously published healthcare journal in the United States. Since 1922, Hospital Topics has provided healthcare professionals with research they can apply to improve the quality of access, management, and delivery of healthcare. Dedicated to those who bring healthcare to the public, Hospital Topics spans the whole spectrum of healthcare issues including, but not limited to information systems, fatigue management, medication errors, nursing compensation, midwifery, job satisfaction among managers, team building, and bringing primary care to rural areas. Through articles on theory, applied research, and practice, Hospital Topics addresses the central concerns of today"s healthcare professional and leader.