Background:In recent decades there has been a significant increase in waste generation. Training interventions in advanced health care waste management can improve the segregation of regulated
medical waste and reduce volume and costs.
Methods:We carried out a quasi-experimental intervention study with before and after training session
analysis to compare waste segregation. Descriptive analysis of the segregated health care waste and an
evaluation of the quality of segregation were done. A comparison of monthly average waste to assess the
effectiveness of the educational intervention was performed.
Results:After the intervention, there was a significant reduction in the monthly average health care
waste volume of 6.2%. Statistically significant differences in the infectious waste and genotoxic/pharmaceutical waste weight segregated before and after the intervention (P