Effectiveness of An In-Service Education Program on Knowledge and Practices Regarding Biomedical Waste Management among Staff Nurses

“Biomedical waste” is defined as any type of waste, produced during the diagnosis, management or vaccination of human beings, animals or during research which is related to or in the production or testing of livings¹. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of in-service education programme on knowledge and practice regarding biomedical waste management among staff nurses. A quasi experimental approach with pretest posttest design was implemented among 30 staff nurses using a simple random sampling technique. At pretest a structured practice checklist was used to assess the existing practices of handling, collection, segregation and storage as well as disposal of biomedical waste and a structured knowledge questionnaire was administered to the staff nurses respectively to assess the knowledge in the areas of handling, collection, segregation and storage as well as disposal of biomedical waste was assessed. The posttest findings of an in-service education program on biomedical waste management among staff nurses indicate that it highly served to improve the knowledge and practices.