National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Biomedical Waste means any waste which is generated during the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in research activities pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of biologicals. Teaching institutes play a critical role in health care setup, as it is here that the future health care professionals are trained. The aims and objectives of this study are a) To evaluate the knowledge of final year MBBS students about biomedical waste management b)To evaluate the level of awareness of final year MBBS students towards biomedical waste management. Institutional Ethical Committee Clearance was obtained from Institutional Ethics Committee. This study was done in Malla Reddy Medical College for Women (MRMCW) Hyderabad, Telangana State. The questionnaire was distributed to 100 final year MBBS students of MRMCW in Hyderabad Telangana state and they were given 30 minutes for completing the questionnaire and then later the questionnaire was collected from the students. A cross sectional questionnaire was designed, the questionnaire consisted of 20 questions regarding the knowledge and awareness of students towards Biomedical Waste Management. The results were analysed and we had conducted one workshop to bridge their gaps. We are planning few more workshops in future about biomedical waste management.
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