目的:调查分析临床医务人员对医疗废物分类知识的知晓程度及存在问题。方法:随机抽查我院临床医务人员210人,填写医疗废物分类知识调查问卷。结果:我院临床医务人员对医疗废物分类知晓程度较低,其中护士对多数问题的知晓率高于医生和护工,医生和护工之间其知晓率没有统计学差异。结论:医疗废物管理的首要环节是医疗废物的分类收集,提高临床医务人员对相关知识的知晓率至关重要。
ObjectiveTo explore medical waste management method in a large hospital and strengthen the standardized management of medical waste. MethodsBetween July 2012 and December 2014, according to the PDCA cycle working procedures, existing problems were found in medical waste management through survey, the cause of which was analyzed to formulate and implement a new system of medical waste management, to help carry out employee training and cross examination, and give feedback to clinical departments to make improvements. Then, we analyzed the awareness rate of medical waste-related knowledge among medical staff, accuracy rate of medical waste disposal, average daily medical waste amount before and after the application of PDCA cycle to evaluate the effect of the measures taken. ResultsAwareness rate of medical waste-related knowledge among medical staff (2012:55.59%, 2013:62.89%, 2014:94.43%) increased with statistical significance (χ2=410.871, P<0.001). Accuracy rate of medical waste disposal (2012:69.83%, 2013:87.29%, 2014:94.91%) increased with statistical significance (χ2=197.449, P<0.001). Rank correlation analysis showed that average daily medical waste amount declined as average daily inpatients number increased (rs=?0.590, P<0.001). ConclusionUsing PDCA cycle can improve the awareness rate of medical waste-related knowledge and accuracy among medical staff to achieve continuous quality improvement of medical waste management.