A Study of Infectious Waste Management in the COVID-19 Situation in Sisaket Hospital

Abstract

Background: The situation of infectious waste caused by the epidemic of the COVID-19 virus in many countries, the number is increasing. Due to the increasing number of patients, the need for materials and equipment to provide both treatment services prevention and screening of patients Including the operators must use standard personal protective equipment. The above reasons resulted in a significant.
Objective: 1.To study the situation and management system of infectious waste in Sisaket Hospital 2. To study the personnel’s behavior of infectious waste management in Sisaket Hospital .
Methods: A descriptive study, 416 samples’ data were collected from hospital-based documents and questionnaires. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics.
Results: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sisaket hospital provided vaccination services to 151,054 people and served many patients from screening in PUI clinics, ARI, and inpatient departments, a total of 103,873 patients were 62,738 COVID-19 infected and received treatment. This resulted in the situation of solid waste at Sisaket hospital having an average number of infections transmitted during the COVID-19 outbreak at 26,809.9 kg per month, and the infectious waste management behavioral data of of Sisaket Hospital shows that the knowledge was at a moderate level, and the average score was 12.9 points (SD = 2.8,95%CI: 12.6-13.2). Hospital support was found to be at
a high level, and the average score was 59.1 points (SD = 11.1,95%CI: 58.1-60.2). The awareness was at the highest level, and the average score was 63.3 points (SD = 8.2,95%CI: 62.4-64. 1). The practice was found to be at a high level, and the average score was 28.2 points (SD = 4.4,95%CI: 27.8-28.6).
Conclusion: The demand for COVID-19 patients and the increasing supply of medical services have resulted in a large increase in infectious waste, while the medical personnel had a moderate level of knowledge of infectious waste management. Therefore, the researcher would like to study the relationship between factors and how to promote the behavior of infectious waste management in order to make the management of infectious waste more effectively.