Health care waste management among health workers and associated factors in primary health care facilities in Kampala City, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Practices of health workers on HCW management

Variables	Frequency (n = 200)	Percentage (%)
Presence of litter/waste bins in work station^b
Yes	188	94.0
No	12	6.0
Waste bins colour coded²
Yes	164	82.0
No	36	18.0
Uses general pit to dispose general waste^b
Yes	71	35.5
No	129	64.5
Health workers dispose pathological wastes in the placenta pit ^b
Yes	163	81.5
No	37	18.5
Presence of Expired drugs at the work station^b
Yes	97	48.5
No	45	22.5
Did not know	58	29.0
Disposal of expired drugs
Burning	18	9.0
Waste bin company	102	51.0
Return to national medical stores	76	38.0
Did not know	4	2.0
Use of Personal protective equipment (gloves, nose masks, clinical coats)^b
Yes	160	80.0
No	40	20.0
Regularity of use of Personal protective equipment^b
Always	144	72.0
Occasionally	56	28.0
Ever been affected due to poor HCW management
Yes	56	28.0
No	144	72.0
Effects of poor HCW management (n = 56)
Needle pricks	39	69.6
Infection	15	26.8
Spills of Blood	02	3.8
Ever reported injury to infection and control Unit
Yes	35	17.5
No	165	82.5
Health care waste management status (CIs for satisfactory HCW management)	(67.8–80.1%)
Satisfactory	148	74.0
Unsatisfactory	52	26.0