Evaluation of an education and training intervention to reduce health care waste in a tertiary hospital in Spain

Background In recent decades there has been a significant increase in waste generation. Training interventions in advanced health care waste management can improve the segregation of regulated medical waste and reduce volume and costs. Methods We carried out a quasi-experimental intervention study w...

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Published in:American journal of infection control 2014-08, Vol.42 (8), p.894-897
Main Authors: Mosquera, Margarita, MD, PhD, MPH, Andrés-Prado, Maria José, MD, MPH, Rodríguez-Caravaca, Gil, MD, PhD, MPH, Latasa, Pello, MD, MPH, Mosquera, Marta E.G., PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Comparative analysis
Delivery of Health Care - methods
Education, Medical
Environment
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
General aspects
Health care waste management
Health education
Hospitals
Humans
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Intervention
Medical sciences
Medical waste
Medical Waste - statistics & numerical data
Medical Waste Disposal - methods
Medical wastes
Spain
Tertiary Care Centers
Waste disposal
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Summary:Background In recent decades there has been a significant increase in waste generation. Training interventions in advanced health care waste management can improve the segregation of regulated medical waste and reduce volume and costs. Methods We carried out a quasi-experimental intervention study with before and after training session analysis to compare waste segregation. Descriptive analysis of the segregated health care waste and an evaluation of the quality of segregation were done. A comparison of monthly average waste to assess the effectiveness of the educational intervention was performed. Results After the intervention, there was a significant reduction in the monthly average health care waste volume of 6.2%. Statistically significant differences in the infectious waste and genotoxic/pharmaceutical waste weight segregated before and after the intervention ( P  
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.04.013