The Importance of Safe Disposal of Medical Waste in Medical Laboratories

Abstract

The study aims to highlight the importance of disposing of medical waste in medical laboratories in a safe manner, knowing the type of medical waste in laboratories, the type of containers used for medical waste in medical laboratories, and how to dispose of medical waste. It was then distributed to male and female health practitioners in medical laboratories in the city of Dammam via mobile phone on the social networking program (WhatsApp) in the city of Dammam, and responses to the questionnaire questions were obtained via Google Drive. I conclude from this study that health practitioners have complete knowledge of medical waste and its types, and the types of medical containers in which medical waste is placed, and that they have a written guide on how to dispose of it, as there is a complete guide on how to dispose of it.