Table 3.

Medical staff members’ knowledge of medical waste management policy

	Knowledge items (score range: 0 ∼ 6)	(1) Categories of medical waste;(2) bio-hazard markings;(3) national regulations;(4) internal policies;(5) storage location;(6) consignment note system
	Frequency	Median (IQR: 25%–75%)	p
Level			<0.001a
Tertiary	76	6 (4.25–6.00)
Secondary	38	5 (4.00–6.00)
Primary	31	1 (1.00–2.00)
Profession			<0.001a
Senior nurse	18	6 (5.75–6.00)
Nurse	38	5 (4.75–6.00)
Doctor	70	4 (2.00–6.00)
Other	19	3 (1.00–6.00)
Responsibility for medical waste management			0.001b
Yes	13	6 (6.00–6.00)
No	132	5 (3.00–6.00)
Education
Junior college graduate and above	108	5 (4.00–6.00)	0.001b
High school or less	37	3 (1.00–5.50)
Training			<0.001b
Yes	117	5 (4.00–6.00)
No	28	2 (1.00–3.75)
Total	145	5 (3.00–6.00)

^aBy Kruskal Wallis test.

^bBy Mann–Whitney U test.