Public perception towards medical waste generated in the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Airborne droplets and contaminated surfaces are the main routes for the epidemic virus outbreak that causes the novel coronavirus. To reduce virus spread, people wear face masks and gloves daily, which massively increases the amount of waste generated in the environment. Also, the inappropriate disp...

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Autores principales:	Abdul-Hakeem Alomari, Omer Aga, Lola El Sahmarany, Mariam Hegazi, Latifah Almulla
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Public perception Community perception Environmental impact Masks and gloves generated during the novel corona virus pandemic Medical waste management Novel coronavirus Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ecb52c207f86421bb5a73ce0bd30c6672021-12-02T05:02:51ZPublic perception towards medical waste generated in the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia2405-844010.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08363https://doaj.org/article/ecb52c207f86421bb5a73ce0bd30c6672021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402102466Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2405-8440Airborne droplets and contaminated surfaces are the main routes for the epidemic virus outbreak that causes the novel coronavirus. To reduce virus spread, people wear face masks and gloves daily, which massively increases the amount of waste generated in the environment. Also, the inappropriate disposal of used masks and gloves in communities may boost the spread of the novel coronavirus. However, no studies have been conducted to evaluate a public perception regarding the management of generated masks and gloves during the global health threat. Therefore, this paper proposes a study of public awareness, attitudes, and practices towards gloves and masks generated during the novel coronavirus pandemic in Saudi Arabia. The study showed that most of the participants (74%) have adequate awareness regarding the proper way to dispose of used masks and gloves, with 76% showing positive attitudes toward waste management. Gender shows a significant correlation with the regulations of medical waste collection and disposal (r = 0.169, p = 0.0001), and the consideration of the effective disposal of COVID-19 waste management as a collective responsibility of the community (r = 0.158, p = 0.0001). Also, the study shows that the majority of participants were aware on the availability of regulations for the collection and disposal of biomedical waste. Moreover, it demonstrates that public awareness regarding the attitude and measures taken by regional municipalities to reduce the spread of coronavirus has a significant positive correlation (r = 0.279, p = 0.0001). The study further recognized that the effective management of contagious wastes significantly protects the public against the improper practices of wastes disposal generated during the novel coronavirus pandemic.Abdul-Hakeem AlomariOmer AgaLola El SahmaranyMariam HegaziLatifah AlmullaElsevierarticlePublic perceptionCommunity perceptionEnvironmental impactMasks and gloves generated during the novel corona virus pandemicMedical waste managementNovel coronavirusScience (General)Q1-390Social sciences (General)H1-99ENHeliyon, Vol 7, Iss 11, Pp e08363- (2021)
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topic	Public perception Community perception Environmental impact Masks and gloves generated during the novel corona virus pandemic Medical waste management Novel coronavirus Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99
spellingShingle	Public perception Community perception Environmental impact Masks and gloves generated during the novel corona virus pandemic Medical waste management Novel coronavirus Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99 Abdul-Hakeem Alomari Omer Aga Lola El Sahmarany Mariam Hegazi Latifah Almulla Public perception towards medical waste generated in the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
description	Airborne droplets and contaminated surfaces are the main routes for the epidemic virus outbreak that causes the novel coronavirus. To reduce virus spread, people wear face masks and gloves daily, which massively increases the amount of waste generated in the environment. Also, the inappropriate disposal of used masks and gloves in communities may boost the spread of the novel coronavirus. However, no studies have been conducted to evaluate a public perception regarding the management of generated masks and gloves during the global health threat. Therefore, this paper proposes a study of public awareness, attitudes, and practices towards gloves and masks generated during the novel coronavirus pandemic in Saudi Arabia. The study showed that most of the participants (74%) have adequate awareness regarding the proper way to dispose of used masks and gloves, with 76% showing positive attitudes toward waste management. Gender shows a significant correlation with the regulations of medical waste collection and disposal (r = 0.169, p = 0.0001), and the consideration of the effective disposal of COVID-19 waste management as a collective responsibility of the community (r = 0.158, p = 0.0001). Also, the study shows that the majority of participants were aware on the availability of regulations for the collection and disposal of biomedical waste. Moreover, it demonstrates that public awareness regarding the attitude and measures taken by regional municipalities to reduce the spread of coronavirus has a significant positive correlation (r = 0.279, p = 0.0001). The study further recognized that the effective management of contagious wastes significantly protects the public against the improper practices of wastes disposal generated during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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author	Abdul-Hakeem Alomari Omer Aga Lola El Sahmarany Mariam Hegazi Latifah Almulla
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title	Public perception towards medical waste generated in the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
title_short	Public perception towards medical waste generated in the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
title_full	Public perception towards medical waste generated in the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr	Public perception towards medical waste generated in the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed	Public perception towards medical waste generated in the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
title_sort	public perception towards medical waste generated in the environment during the covid-19 pandemic in eastern province, saudi arabia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/ecb52c207f86421bb5a73ce0bd30c667
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Public perception towards medical waste generated in the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

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