Title

Impact of training on waste management practices among healthcare workers

Authors

Mayank Das^1,*, Sanchit Pradhan¹, Jyoti Adwani², Avnica Agarwal³, Arunendra Singh Chauhan⁴ & Omveer Singh⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Public Health Dentistry, Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Endocrine Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow; ³Department of Public Health Dentistry, ITS Dental College & Research Center, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Public Health Dentistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana-Ambala, Haryana, India; ⁵Department of Public Health Dentistry, Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Lucknow, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Mayank Das - E-mail: dr.mayankdas101@gmail.com

Sanchit Pradhan - E-mail: sanch1684@gmail.com

Jyoti Adwani - E-mail: jyotiadwani15@gmail.com

Avnica Agarwal - E-mail: avniagarwal37@yahoo.in

Arunendra Singh Chauhan - E-mail: dr.arun00@gmail.com

Omveer Singh - E-mail: omveersingh1679@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received October 1, 2025; Revised October 31, 2025; Accepted October 31, 2025, Published October 31, 2025

Abstract

Improper biomedical waste management poses a major risk to infection control and public health. This quasi-experimental study among 100 healthcare workers from two institutes in Meerut assessed the effectiveness of training on waste management and infection control. Group A received structured lectures, while Group B received educational materials, with assessments at 1, 3 and 6 months. Significant improvements were observed in knowledge, attitude and practice scores over time (p<0.05). The training program effectively enhanced awareness and practices of healthcare workers toward infection control and waste management.

Keywords

Bio-medical waste, health care workers, infection control, quasi-experimental study, waste management practices, effectiveness, training

Citation

Das et al. Bioinformation 21(10): 3766-3769 (2025)

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.