Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background- As a considerate topic the biomedical waste and their proper management has become a worldwide issue. Across all specialties, doctors need to have exemplary professional practice in managing biomedical wastes. Materials and Methods- A descriptive cross- sectional study was conducted among 250 participants. The ethnical clearance was obtained through the Institutional review board. A pre validated questionnaire was used for data collection and descriptive statistics were done using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) 21.0v (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results- Table shows the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of health personnel regarding BMW management in which 100% dental students, 97.5% nursing students, 91.6% lab technicians and 65.7% Class IV employees knew the primary source of BMW. Most of the specialists in our review thought that protected removal of BMW is important. Most of the healthcare personnel had done with hepatitis b vaccination these results are similar with the other studies. Conclusion- The results of our study and other related studies makes it obvious that still the knowledge and practices of healthcare workers nevertheless there is a need for improvement to reduce the hazards of biomedical waste and cost of its management.