Medical waste management training for healthcare managers - a necessity?

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Ozder A., TEKER B., Eker H. H., Altindis S., KOCAAKMAN M., Karabay O.

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, vol.11, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 11
• Publication Date: 2013
• Doi Number: 10.1186/2052-336x-11-20
• Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Keywords: Healthcare managers, Medical waste training, Medical waste management
• Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: This is an interventional study, since a training has been given, performed in order to investigate whether training has significant impact on knowledge levels of healthcare managers (head-nurses, assistant head nurses, hospital managers and deputy managers) regarding bio-medical waste management.