Table 3.

Questions to assess knowledge of, attitudes towards and practice of standard infection control measures. All data are given as n (%). Respondents = 494

Q13. Do you think it is important to follow set guidelines for dentists?
Yes, but tedious	Yes, not tedious	Not interested	Not practical
323 (65.4%)	112 (22.7%)	21 (4.3%)	38 (7.7%)
Q14. Would you like to attend a programme on hospital waste management?
Yes	No
434 (87.9%)	60 (12.1%)
Q15. How do you think bloody waste (blood-soaked cotton, extracted teeth, incised tissue) should be disposed of?
Incineration	Sterilisation	Burning	Sewage	Don’t know	Deep burial
363 (73.5%)	0	76 (15.4%)	2 (0.4%)	13 (2.6%)	40 (8.1%)
Q16. How do you dispose of bloody waste?
Incineration	Sterilisation	Burning	Sewage	Don’t know	General waste	Deep burial
43 (8.7%)	0	42 (8.5%)	5 (1.0%)	40 (8.1%)	376 (76.1%)	24 (4.9%)
Q17. Are you aware of any legislation on hospital waste management?
Yes	No
161 (32.6%)	333 (67.4%)
Q18. Does your health care or private clinic setting have a waste management plan?
Yes	No
119 (24.1%)	375 (75.9%)
Q19. Should waste be segregated into different categories?
Yes	No
463 (93.7%)	31 (6.2%)
Q20. Where do you dispose of biomedical waste?
Corporation bin	House-to-house waste collection	Authorised clinic/hospital waste collection	Any other
418 (84.6%)	25 (5.1%)	51 (10.3%)	0
Q21. The safe management of health care waste is the responsibility of government
Agree	Disagree	No comment
428 (86.6%)	45 (9.1%)	21 (4.3%)
Q22. Safe management efforts by the hospital or private clinic increase the financial burden on management
Agree	Disagree	No comment
329 (66.6%)	52 (10.5%)	113 (22.9%)
Q23. The safe management of health care waste is an extra burden on work
Agree	Disagree	No comment
344 (69.6%)	87 (17.6%)	63 (12.7%)