Disposal of infective waste: demonstrated information and actions taken by nursing and medical students

Autor: Adenícia Custodia Silva Souza, Sergiane Bisinoto Alves, Mary Rocha Carneiro Garcia Zapata, Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple, Larissa Oliveira Rocha, Janaína Valadares Guimarães, Milca Severino Pereira
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 124-30 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1518-1944
DOI: 10.5216/ree.v17i1.25181
Popis: The inappropriate disposal of infectious waste generates occupational and environmental risks, representing the main cause of accidents with biological material. The aim of the present study was to verify the knowledge and the practice regarding the disposal of infectious waste among nursing and medical undergraduate students at a public university in the state of Goiás. Data were collected with the application of a questionnaire. The respondent students were observed in their practice and data were recorded in a checklist. Nursing students presented greater knowledge than medical students on the disposal of contaminated gloves (x²; p
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