| Summary: | Background: Problem of environment is closely correlated to world of
health. To achieve healthy public condition, we need a good environment.
In this case, hospital as a health instrument must consider the correlation.
Hospital is a health medium which is correlated to various diseases (inand-
outpatients), and gives medical service (physicians, nurses) and
others such as group of patients, group of service providers, group of
visitors and group of surrounding environment. Each hospital produces
waste, including medical waste which must be managed properly. In
2000, results of WHO�s research conducted in 22 developing countries
indicated that proportion of healthcare facilities which did not use
appropriate waste disposal method was approximately ranged from 18%
to 64%.
Objectives: To find factors correlating to employees� behavior in
disposing medical waste in Undata Hospital of Palu.
Method: This research used observation with cross-sectional design.
Respondents of this research were 840 employees of the Undata Hospital
of Palu and 152 subjects, employees working in unit of medical waste
producer. Whereas statistical test of bivariate analysis was chi-square and
multivariate analysis was logistic regression, with significance degree
(α)=0.05.
Results: The results of bivariate analysis indicated that there were four
correlating variables, namely, education, attitude, work period and policy
of hospital. The results of multivariate analysis indicated that there were
three most significant variables, namely, education, p=0.0062, OR =
4.10101
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