*Associate Professor & Addl. Med. Supdt, Department of Hospital Administration, Narayana Medical College, Nellore-524004, A.P., India
**Associate Professor, Department of Hospital Administration, Narayana Medical College, Nellore-524004, A.P., India
***Professor, Department of Management, Narayana Engineering College, Nellore – 524004, A.P., India
The study has been designed to analyze the effectiveness of training programme conducted on bio medical waste management. A sample of 38 staff nurses has been randomly selected from a 1000 bedded tertiary care teaching hospital and training was provided to them on various factors related to bio medical waste management. The various factors under training include definition, categories of bio medical waste, classification, process of waste management etc. The assessment tool basically followed is the Kirk Patrick’s model of training evaluation consisting of reaction evaluation and learning evaluation through a structured questionnaire with before and after training programme. The marks obtained by the respondents before training and after training have been analyzed. The Wilcoxon matched pairs test has been applied to analyze the data. The analysis reveals that there is a significant improvement in the skill levels of the sample respondents after undergoing the training programme. The effectiveness of the training programme was also measured and rated by collecting the opinion of respondents. Questionnaire analysis showed that a large number of respondents gained knowledge on various aspects of bio medical waste management.
Bio medical, effectiveness, skill levels, training, waste management
