Abstract

COMPARING RATE OF AWARENESS AND PERFORMANCE OF PERSONNEL FROM THE PROCESS OF MANAGEMENT RELATED TO NOSOCOMIAL WASTES BEFORE AND AFTER EDUCATION AND THEIR EFFECTS ON INDICATOR OF CONTROLLING THE INFECTION IN DR. ALI SHARIATI HOSPITAL IN FASA, 2015

Tahere Zebardast, *Abbas Yazdanpanah and Abbas Ghavam

Abstract

Nowadays in most countries, health of society and presentation of hygienic cares are considered as fundamental issues. Hospital is the most important organization in presenting hygienic-medical services. Hygienic-medical centers as the first governmental presenter related to services in the city, are responsible for presenting services to people in P.H.C system. So, obeying hygiene of the environment such as proper excretion of wastes and sewage can have an important role in preventing contamination of diseases for personnel and referred people. According to the importance of issue, this study was done with the aim of comparing rate of awareness and performance of personnel from the process of management related to nosocomial wastes before and after education and their effects on indicator of controlling the infection in Dr. Ali Shariati hospital in Fasa, 2015 and is a descriptive-practical research. Methodology: Statistical universe of present study are personnel of in Dr. Ali Shariati hospital in Fasa and according to performed assessment of need ,yet they have not participated in the educational course related to management of nosocomial wastes and their number were estimated 100 and because of low amounts of society, their amounts are equal to the numbers of sample. The device of collecting data is questionnaire which has required validity and stability (0.820) and for analyzing data, SPSS software was used and for investigating assumptions, two-sample T-test was regarded. Findings of the study: According to obtained results, there is meaningful relation between awareness of personnel in management of nosocomial wastes before and after education. Also there is meaningful relation between amounts of execution related to management of nosocomial wastes before and after education and the rate of indicator related to controlling the infection before and after education. Results: Training people in process related to management of nosocomial wastes, is effective on rate of awareness, performance and also the indicator related to controlling the infection.

Keywords: Management of waste, education of employees, controlling the infection.