Sir,
I have read with great interest, the original article by Anozie OB et al., in the March, 2017 issue of your journal [1]. I commend the authors for their endeavour but would like to make the following comments:
Only four respondents from each facility (six from one facility) were selected which constitute a very small size. Sample size of present study is small as compared to similar studies in the past [2,3].
Authors state that only 1.9% of study population had appropriate knowledge regarding biomedical waste management but what were the points to judge appropriate knowledge, are not mentioned anywhere in the study.
Authors state that 40.7% staff had training on biomedical waste management, but the knowledge is extremely low (1.9%). How do authors explain this?
In the present study, there is no enquiry on knowledge about occupational accidents (injury through sharps) and their reporting which is very crucial in biomedical waste management [2,4].
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