Introduction
Healthcare wastes are of great importance due to
its hazardous nature. As World Health Organization
(WHO) indicated, some of healthcare wastes are
considered the most hazardous and potentially
dangerous to human health and pollute the
environment.1-4 Infectious wastes, particularly, have
been responsible for most of the health problems
reported in many findings that expose healthcare
workers (HCWs), patients, clients and the community
for blood borne pathogens unless proper care is taken
on healthcare waste management.1-3 In developing
countries the risk perceptions of HCWs on healthcare
wastes are much lower when it compared to developed
countries. Moreover there is a paucity of credible
evidence on this issue in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study
was conducted to assess the risk perception of HCWs
towards healthcare waste in healthcare facilities of
Gondar town.