Conclusion and recommendation
Only 60% of the HCWs had adequate risk perception
that improperly managed healthcare wastes could
transmit infection to HCWs and patients. This is due
to the fact that the majority (96.9%) of the HCWs did
not receive any guideline documents on healthcare
waste management, only small proportion (20.8%)
of respondents reported that they knew about the
existence of the WHO manual on healthcare waste and nearly half (53.1%) of the HCWs did not take any
training on healthcare waste management.