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. 2013 Jul 16;11:20. doi: 10.1186/2052-336X-11-20

Table 5.

Comparison of demographic features of healthcare managers regarding problems in disposal of medical wastes

Variable
  
 The most important problems in disposal of medical wastes
  
Insufficiency of knowledge
 Intensity of work
 Being out of reach of medical waste bags
 Lack of auditing
 Other
  
    n % n % n % n % n % p value
Gender
 Male
 15
 19,2
 13
 16,7
 20
 25,6
 23
 29,5
 7
 9,0
 0,175
Female
 31
 19,1
 37
 22,8
 25
 15,4
 42
 25,9
 27
 16,7
Institution
 Private Hospital
 20
 19,6
 21
 20,6
 20
 19,6
 25
 24,5
 16
 15,7
 0,96
Training and Research Hospital-University Hospital
 12
 18,5
 11
 16,9
 13
 20,0
 21
 32,3
 8
 12,3
State Hospital
 9
 17,3
 12
 23,1
 8
 15,4
 16
 30,8
 7
 13,5
Other
 5
 23,8
 6
 28,6
 4
 19,0
 3
 14,3
 3
 14,3
Age
 Below 35
 18
 23,1
 18
 23,1
 12
 15,4
 24
 30,8
 6
 7,7
 0,355
35-44
 14
 14,1
 18
 18,2
 23
 23,2
 26
 26,3
 18
 18,2
45 and above
 14
 22,2
 14
 22,2
 10
 15,9
 15
 23,8
 10
 15,9
Working period
 Below 5 years
 20
 21,7
 15
 16,3
 24
 26,1
 23
 25,0
 10
 10,9
 0,395
5-9 years
 11
 20,4
 12
 22,2
 9
 16,7
 17
 31,5
 5
 9,3
10-14 years
 7
 17,5
 11
 27,5
 5
 12,5
 9
 22,5
 8
 20,0
15 years and above
 7
 14,3
 12
 24,5
 6
 12,2
 14
 28,6
 10
 20,4
Duty
 Head Doctor
 7
 28,0
 5
 20,0
 3
 12,0
 8
 32,0
 2
 8,0
 0,180
Head Nurse
 21
 17,4
 28
 23,1
 17
 14,0
 30
 24,8
 25
 20,7
Supervisor Nurse
 7
 15,9
 8
 18,2
 13
 29,5
 11
 25,0
 5
 11,4
Hospital Manager
 4
 17,4
 4
 17,4
 7
 30,4
 6
 26,1
 2
 8,7
Supervisor for Medical Waste
 1
 8,3
 4
 33,3
 2
 16,7
 5
 41,7
 0
 0
  Other 6 40,0 1 6,7 3 20,0 5 33,3 0 0