Discussion
It is known that WHO has prepared healthcare
waste guideline manual to ensure safe healthcare
waste management. Moreover, Quality and Standard
Authority of Ethiopia (QSAE) in 2004 and Ministry
of Health (MOH) in 1997 had prepared a working
guideline which describes different types of healthcare
waste and their risks.18 In this study, the majority of the
HCWs (96.9%) reported that they did not receive any
guideline documents on healthcare waste management
which was consistent with the study done in Ethiopia
that indicated the guideline document was not
available in anyone of the surveyed health facilities.19
On the contrary, similar study among HCWs in South
Africa 91% had reported that they had received
guideline document.20 This difference may be due to
lack of regular supervision and lack of enforcement
of standard practice by responsible body in our study
area.