Background:COVID 19 being a Pandemic outbreak, the current situation of usage of PPE and the generation of all the other medical waste has been greatly increased in the laboratories and the hospital which are highly infectious. Improp- er handling of the biomedical waste at this time has the high potential risk to develop local COVID outbreak in the hospi- tal environment. Hence during this current COVID Pandemic it is important to assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) regarding awareness on Biomedical Waste Management (BMW) among health care workers.
Methods:This Cross-sectional study was conducted at Government Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital, Chennai. The study consists of 100 Health care workers as participants which includes Doctors, Technicians, and Paramedical stu- dents. The data was collected using predesigned semi structured questionnaire containing questions KAP regarding Bio- medical Waste Management
Results:The awareness regarding legislation and disposal of BMW as per colour coded bags was found in 80% and 85% of the participants respectively. Knowledge regarding biomedical waste management among doctors and nursing staff is satisfactory as compared to other health care workers due to awareness and adequate training.
Conclusions:Hence awareness of BMW among healthcare workers is important to reduce exposing themselves to health and environment hazards