Abstract
Biosafety and biosecurity of academic and teaching facilities is maintained when the appropriate guidelines for the safe management of biological waste is implemented. Biological waste is a potential source of infections and occupational hazards. Previous studies assessing the awareness of some academic and technical laboratory staff working in Iraq has identifed gaps in the awareness of the recommended procedures associated with biological and clinical waste disposal. This study was aimed to determine the awareness and attitude of laboratory staff towards biological waste practices and management policy. A closed end questionnaire was distributed among a number of laboratory staff working in universities in Baghdad and the results were analyzed. Although waste disposal procedures were followed at some degree, but a wider implementation of appropriate waste disposal procedures is necessary. No satisfactory segregation or classifcation of biological waste was noticed. The results of this study identifed the need for each laboratory to have its own code of practice and policy for the management of biological and clinical waste generated in the laboratory. The various biological waste such as clinical samples, tips, tubes, etc, should be classifed and an appropriate waste disposal procedure should be outlined for each category.
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