General awareness and knowledge on biomedical waste management

Dental waste is the subgroup of biomedical waste (BMW). It has been found that many of the dental health resources and the guidelines for appropriate management of dental waste are not accepted and not up to the recommended standard. Objective: To assess the General awareness about BMW management in undergraduate dental students. Material and Methods: This study was conducted during the academic year August -January 2021-22 in FMH college Lahore. Undergraduate dental students were ready to participate were included in this study after obtaining informed consent and ethical committee clearance. for this study 78 Participants were randomly chosen and they were given self-administered questionnaire was hand overed. The questionnaire consisted of 16 structured questions to assess the students’ knowledge levels attitude and awareness regarding BMW management. Results: This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and awareness of dental students toward dental waste management. This questionnaire survey was conducted to access the General awareness and knowledge on biomedical waste management among dental students of FMH. As expected the average awareness was about 40.