JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Abstract

Waste generated during medical procedures has a higher risk of infection when compared to other types of waste. Therefore, having a reliable and secure method of handling is very essential. Hospital waste has the potential to harm the environment and the general public's health. Hospital Waste management needs to be integrated into all healthcare services since it is crucial to preserving the health of the environment. Therefore, a study was done to find out the impact of Structured teaching programme on Housekeeping employees on hospital waste management at R.L.J. Hospital and Research Centre, Kolar, Karnataka. “A one-group, Quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test design” was used for the investigation. Eighty housekeeping employees were chosen using a simple random sampling technique with lottery method. Data was gathered using a structured knowledge questionnaire by conducting interview. Followed by that teaching programme was implemented. A post-test was carried out using the same instrument one week later. The study findings revealed that, majority (81.25%) of the housekeeping employees had inadequate knowledge, and only 17.5% of them had moderately adequate knowledge. “The pre-test mean knowledge score was 13.15 with a SD of 3.63, and the post-test mean knowledge score was 21.15 with a SD of 3.46, which was statistically significant at the 0.001 level”. The study result found that a “structured teaching programme” had improved the knowledge level among housekeeping employees, which benefited them in handling healthcare-related waste safely.

Keywords: Effectiveness, Teaching Programme, Knowledge, Hospital Waste Management, Housekeeping employees