Kiến thức, thái độ, thực hành của nhân viên y tế về phân loại, thu gom, lưu giữ và vận chuyển chất thải rắn y tế tại Bệnh viện Y Dược Cổ truyền Sơn La

A cross-sectional study describes medical staff's knowledge, attitudes, and practices on classifying, collecting, transporting, and storing medical solid waste at Son La traditional medicine hospitals. 136 health workers participated with pre-designed self-completed questionnaires. Results: 72.8% of health workers have good knowledge of the classification, collection, storage, and transportation of hazardous wastes. Health workers have the highest correct knowledge about the classification of waste (83.8%) and collection of waste (88.2%), some contents of health workers' correct knowledge are not high, such as storage of waste (63.2%) and general knowledge about hazardous waste (69.1%). Health workers with a good attitude account for a relatively high rate (77.9%). Health workers have the highest percentage of positive attitudes about the health effects of hazardous waste (99.3%), and the lowest rate is for collecting according to the symbol of the type of waste (77.2%). Health workers' practice scores were low (66.9%), lowest in the content "Discarded bottles and glass medicine bottles are sorted into black bags/bins" and "Chemical used in biochemical and microbiological tests" (55.2%; 68.4%).