Adherence to Dental Waste Management Guidelines among Dental Surgery Staff in Four Referral Facilities in Accra

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dc.contributor.authorOwusu, A.A.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-21T15:18:31Z
dc.date.available2018-11-21T15:18:31Z
dc.date.issued2018-07
dc.description.abstractBackground: Increasing access to oral health services comes with increasing levels of generated dental waste. Like any other clinical waste, guidelines exist for management of dental waste. It is the responsibility of the producer of the waste to ensure it is managed according to the guidelines. Improper disposal of this dental waste has harmful effects directly on human health and the environment. Objective: The objective of this research was to determine adherence to dental waste management guidelines among dental surgery staff in four referral facilities in Accra. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was done. It was a quantitative study. The study was a census of the dental surgery staff in the four referral facilities in Accra. Data were collected using questionnaires and observation checklists. The outcome variable was Adherence to dental waste management guidelines. It was measured with a composite scale. The collected data were analysed using STATA version 15.0 and results presented in tables and figures. Results: It was found that in the last 12 months, majority of the respondents 109 (87.9%) had not attended any Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme on clinical waste management. Also less than 10% of the respondents 11 (8.9%) had read the Ministry of Health (MOH) policy on Clinical Waste Management. The study found that most of the dental surgery staff 80 (64.5%) had low level of knowledge on dental waste management guidelines. Although almost all the dental surgery staff 123 (99.2%) had low level of adherence to dental waste management guidelines, they all adhered to guidelines on sharps management. Conclusion: The study concluded that there is a low level of adherence to dental waste management guidelines by dental surgery staff of the four referral facilities studied. It also found that there is a low level of knowledge on dental waste management guidelines among the dental surgery staff in the 4 referral facilities studied. An enabling environment does not exist to promote adherence to dental waste management guidelines by dental surgery staff in the four referral facilities studieden_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/25647
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectClinic wasteen_US
dc.subjectdental surgery wasteen_US
dc.subjectdental surgery staffen_US
dc.subjectoral healthen_US
dc.titleAdherence to Dental Waste Management Guidelines among Dental Surgery Staff in Four Referral Facilities in Accraen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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