An assessment of Healthcare Waste Management practices in Madinah Primary Health Care Centers

Talaat Hassan M. Habeeb (P45404)

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dc.contributor.advisor	Shaharuddin Ahmad, Prof. Dato Dr.
dc.contributor.author	Talaat Hassan M. Habeeb (P45404)
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-13T08:05:53Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-10-13T08:05:53Z	-
dc.date.issued	2017-03-28
dc.identifier.other	ukmvital:97536
dc.identifier.uri	https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/497580	-
dc.description	Healthcare Waste Management (HCWM) is a major challenge for health facilities in developing countries including Saudi Arabia. Although the legislation of HCWM in Saudi Arabia was enacted in 2006, there were difficulties in the implementation of the new law due to lack of clear conception and limited local studies. The objectives of the study are to describe and assess the HCWM of the Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCC) in Madinah. The study also discuss the factors affecting the HCWM in an effort to build a reliable model. The data were collected through a survey using questionnaires which were distributed to all PHCC staff. Only 552 questionnaires out of 925 were returned. The data were analyzed by the Pears Linear Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS SEM). The results showed that, most of the healthcare staff in PHCC are qualified and experienced, and have job security and good income. Nevertheless, the segregation waste was not achieved. In addition, more than half of healthcare staff lack information about Health Care Waste (HCW) types and almost a third were not knowledgeable about the HCW policy. The findings showed nine factors, but only six of them (waste collection, waste transportation, waste storage, training, organization policy and level of staff reward) related significantly with HCWM. The other three factors (waste segregation, top management support and staff awareness) do not have relationship with HCWM. While using the path analysis, this research has successfully built a new model for HCWM, which confirmed some key factors affecting HCWM. Additionally, the analysis outcomes were agreeable with six direct relationships, which were mentioned above, and other six indirect relationships training was considered as a mediating variable, which mediated the relationship between waste transportation and HCWM. Meanwhile, the organizational policy became a mediating factor between waste storage and HCWM, waste collection and HCWM, also waste transportation with HCWM. Similarly, the level of staff rewards mediated between waste collection and HCWM, and waste transportation with HCWM. This is a new model for HCWM, which can be used as a guiding manual for HCWM. Besides, the research recommends health staff training and educating the community about HCWM, also to the government as well as the PHCC management.,Certification of Master's/Doctoral Thesis" is not available
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	UKM, Bangi
dc.relation	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan
dc.rights	UKM
dc.subject	Waste management
dc.subject	Madinah Primary Health Care Centers
dc.subject	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations
dc.title	An assessment of Healthcare Waste Management practices in Madinah Primary Health Care Centers
dc.type	Theses
dc.format.pages	275
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan

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