3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Demographic characteristics
According to the age of group of respondents obtained, there are 50 percent of the respondents from
Hospital BatuPahat and 42.1 percent from Hospital Taiping were in the age group of 21 to 30 years old.
While 30.9 percent the respondents from Hospital Tumpat are in the age group of 51 years old. From the
analysis, the majority of the respondents are females with 83.6 percent from Hospital BatuPahat, 82.9
percent from Hospital Taiping and 81.3 percent from Hospital Tumpat. The Degree and Masters Holders
include the doctors, pharmacists, therapists and others. Majority of the respondents in the hospitals who
are Diploma holders were nurses who are handling and exposed with clinical wastes in their everyday
tasks. The duration of services among respondents are grouped into three categories which are below
three years experiences, three to ten years experiences and above ten years experiences. Majority of the
respondents from Hospital BatuPahat and Hospital Tumpat have more than ten years experiences of
working in the hospitals with 39.8 percent from Hospital BatuPahat and 68 percent from Hospital
Tumpat. Majority of respondents in Hospital Taiping have three to ten years working experiences in the
hospital with 38.2 percent.