Abstract

A questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the problems involved in the infectious waste recovery at home-visit nursing 1965 nursing were selected randomly, and questionnaires were sent to them. Nurses at 1314 (66.9%) responded to the survey and responses from 1283 were identified as suitable for analysis after excluding 26 that closed and five whose main field of care was psychiatry. Nursing using an automobile mainly were classified as stations and all others were classified as non-Auto stations. Auto station nurses were more concerned with bad odor from waste. Non-Auto station nurses were more concerned with the physical weight of transported waste. Thus, in order to alleviate these concerns, it is necessary to provide nurses with containers for medical waste suited to home-visit nursing care and tools for preventing injuries.

Full Text
Paper version not known

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call

Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.