The Efficacy of a Waste Management Educational Interventional Program among Cleaners at a Sudanese Pediatric Teaching Hospital

Authors

  • Abdel Wahid Ali Abdel Wahid Mohamed Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Elfarabi College for Science & Technology, Medicine & Surgery Program, Khartoum, Sudan Author
  • Gwahir Ebrahim Osman IbnIdris Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University, Khartoum, Sudan Author
  • Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Nile Valley University, Atbara, Sudan Author
  • Nahla Ahmed Mohamed Abderahman Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Nile Valley University, Atbara,Sudan Author
  • Magdi Babikir Omer Mohammed Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Al Yarmouk University College, Khartoum-Sudan Author
  • Abdel Mageed Osman Musa Associated Professor of Community Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology’s, Khartoum, Sudan Author
  • Kawther Ahmed Abozaid Hussin A Nurse Staff Member, Gaafar Ibnauf Children’s Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan Author
  • Mariam Elsayed Ahmed Elsayed A Nurse Staff Member, Mohamed Al-Amin Hamid Pediatric Hospital, Omdurman, Sudan Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JMHC/2022(4)188

Keywords:

Waste Management, Interventional Program, Cleaners, Omdurman

Abstract

Background: Hospitals are complicated entities that encompass numerous individuals from many cultures, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or belief (patients and caregivers). Health care personnel, patients, clients, and others who encounter infectious and hazardous waste, including garbage collectors, rag pickers, cleaners, and the environment, can all experience substantial health implications. In waste management, the amount of information and awareness of health staff is fundamental. The focus of the current study is to find how an intervention program regarding health care waste management impacts the knowledge and practice of cleaners at Mohamed Al-Amin Hamid Pediatric Hospital.

Methods: The study was a hospital-based interventional trial that involved 52 cleaners at Mohamed Al-Amin Hamid Pediatric Hospital. Information was acquired from participants using a standardized questionnaire. A tailored educational program pertaining to efficient medical waste handling was implemented for the cleaners in the group based on needs assessment. After a one-month evaluation, the approach was carried out using the same questionnaire to estimate the impact of the program on cleaners, and the information was then loaded into a statistical package for social sciences (SPSS Statistics 23, IBM®).

Results: The mean point of the entire knowledge and practice issues in the questionnaire was used to compute the knowledge and practice score. The overall scores for knowledge and practice were 21 and 15, respectively. In the pre-test before the interventional educational program, knowledge and practice were reported at (10.4, and 7.1) or (49 %, and 47%), respectively, and in the post-test after the interventional educational program, knowledge and practice were reported at (19, and 14.2) or (90%, and 94%), respectively. The findings indicate that the interventional program significantly increased cleaner knowledge and practice levels by 41% and 47%, respectively, with a p-value of 0.001.

Conclusion: The educational program was efficient, according to the study, and had an influence on cleaners’ knowledge and practices, which improved by 41% and 47%, respectively.

Author Biographies

  • Abdel Wahid Ali Abdel Wahid Mohamed, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Elfarabi College for Science & Technology, Medicine & Surgery Program, Khartoum, Sudan

    Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Elfarabi College for Science & Technology, Medicine & Surgery Program, Khartoum, Sudan 

  • Gwahir Ebrahim Osman IbnIdris, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University, Khartoum, Sudan

    Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University, Khartoum, Sudan 

  • Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Nile Valley University, Atbara, Sudan

    Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Nile Valley University, Atbara, Sudan

  • Nahla Ahmed Mohamed Abderahman, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Nile Valley University, Atbara,Sudan

    Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Nile Valley University, Atbara,Sudan

  • Magdi Babikir Omer Mohammed, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Al Yarmouk University College, Khartoum-Sudan

    Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Al Yarmouk University College, Khartoum-Sudan 

  • Abdel Mageed Osman Musa, Associated Professor of Community Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology’s, Khartoum, Sudan

    Associated Professor of Community Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology’s, Khartoum, Sudan 

  • Kawther Ahmed Abozaid Hussin, A Nurse Staff Member, Gaafar Ibnauf Children’s Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan

    A Nurse Staff Member, Gaafar Ibnauf Children’s Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan

  • Mariam Elsayed Ahmed Elsayed, A Nurse Staff Member, Mohamed Al-Amin Hamid Pediatric Hospital, Omdurman, Sudan

    A Nurse Staff Member, Mohamed Al-Amin Hamid Pediatric Hospital, Omdurman, Sudan 

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Published

2022-04-20

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Volume 4 Issue 2

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