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Table 2 Hospital waste management documented plan and team

From: Current practices of waste management in teaching hospitals and presence of incinerators in densely populated areas

Variables

Govt. tertiary hospitals

% (n = 3)

Govt. non tertiary hospitals

% (n = 3)

Private teaching hospitals

% (n = 10)

Overall Hospitals % (n = 16)

Fisher’s Exact test

p-value (< 0.05)

HWM Plan

 Yes

100

66.67

80

87.5

0.985

1

 No

0

33.33

20

12.5

HWM team

 Yes

100

100

80

87.5

0.985

1

 No

0

0

20

12.5

HWM team training

 Planned/Done

66.67

0

80

62.5

5.66

0.71

 Not done

33.33

100

20

37.5

Record of training/workshops files

 Present

33.3

0

10

12.5

1.796

0.625

 Not present

66.7

100

90

87.5