Kiến thức, thái độ, thực hành về phân loại chất thải rắn y tế của sinh viên y khoa

Abstract

 This cross-sectional study was conducted in March 2021 with 358 third-year and fifth-year medical
students from Hanoi Medical University. An annonymous self-reported questionnaire was used to
assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of classifying medical waste among medical students
who were learning clinical courses at different hospitals. Less than half of the students (45.8%)
answered correctly about health-care waste definition; and the proportions of students with correct
knowledge of infectious and non-infectious hazardous wastes were 49.2% and 35.2%, respectively.
Regarding color codes for medical waste, the proportions of students reported correctly that white
containers were for recycle waste was 59.5%; black containers for non-infectious and hazadous waste
was 48.3%; yellow containers for infectious waste was 78.3%. The proportions of students reported
correct pratices for sorting needles after use, blood-soaked gauzes, and leftover materials were
89.4%, 72.2%, and 65.2%, respectively. There was no significant difference between third-year and
fifth-year cohorts in knowledge and practice. It is necessary to improve the knowledge and pratice of
medical waste classification of medical students before they participate in clinical duties at hospitals.