Effectiveness of capacity building program upon knowledge on biomedical waste management among student nurses

India generates around three million of medical wastes every year and the amount is expected to grow at eight percent annually. Knowledge about segregation, collection, storage, treatment and disposal of hospital waste is essential for all student and staff nurses. The study assessed the level of knowledge on biomedical waste management among student nurses at selected nursing colleges. The study was conducted using pre-experimental research design and total enumerative sampling technique among 106 nursing students. Data was collected using a questionnaire on knowledge of bio medical waste management through self administration method. The study findings revealed that there was significant improvement in knowledge score in post test. Over all pre test mean is 11.17, SD is 2.26 and over all post test mean is 14.41, SD is 2.18 with overall t value of 13.152 at p<0.0001. The findings implied that the Capacity Building Program on Biomedical Waste management was effective in improving the knowledge student nurses.