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Knowledge and Awareness of Bio-Medical Waste Management among Senior Undergraduate and Specialist Dental Students: Cross-Sectional Study

Background: There has been a universal rising in knowledge and awareness regarding the bio-medical 
waste management and the hazards related to it. Purpose: aims to determine and asses the knowledge 
as well as the awareness towards the management of bio-medical waste among senior undergraduate and 
specialist dental students in the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya - Indonesia. 
Materials and Method: The study was carried out by using a close-ended survey. The Population of the 
study consisted of 743 students. However, the taken sample was based on Lemeshow method that includes 
130 senior undergraduate and 62 specialist students making a total of 192 participants. Statistical analysis 
was performed via descriptive statistical analysis and chi-square test. Results: This survey was shown that 
around 192 questionnaires were distributed of which (86%) returned and analyzed. It was seen that (58.7%) 
of senior undergraduate students and (87.1%) of specialist students, were having average knowledge of 
bio-medical waste management system in dental clinics. According to the Chi-square test analysis, it was 
seen there is a statistically significant P-value (p?0.05). Conclusion: Within the limitation of this study, 
we affirmed that there is a good level of knowledge and awareness of bio-medical waste management. In 
this present study, highly needed for continuing education and training programs to be conducted in dental 
teaching curricula in the Faculty of Dental Medicine