Research Article Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Healthcare Workers regarding Biomedical Waste Management at Biyem-Assi District Hospital, Yaounde: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study Sylvain Honor´ e Woromogo , 1 Gwladys Guets´ e Djeukang, 1 F´ elicit´ e Emma Yagata Moussa, 3 Jesse Saint Saba Antaon, 1,2 Kingsley Ngah Kort, 4 and Pierre Marie Tebeu 1,2 1 Inter-State Centre of High School for Public Health Teaching for Central Africa (CIESPAC), Brazzaville, Congo 2 Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde1, Cameroon (FMBS), Yaound´ e, Cameroon 3 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic 4 Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Cameroon CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoSylvainHonor´ eWoromogo;woromogos@gmail.com Received 10 November 2019; Revised 1 April 2020; Accepted 7 May 2020; Published 22 May 2020 AcademicEditor:CarolJ.Burns Copyright © 2020 Sylvain Honor´ e Woromogo et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons AttributionLicense,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkis properly cited. Background. Biomedical waste (BMW) is defined as unwanted materials generated during diagnosis, treatment, operation, im- munization, or in research activities including production of biologicals. Healthcare workers are responsible for the proper managementofthiswasteforhumansafetyandfortheprotectionoftheenvironment. Methods.Ananalyticalknowledge,attitude, and practice (KAP) study was carried out at Biyem-Assi District Hospital from June 1st to July 5th, 2018, including 100 health workersfromdifferentdepartments.Variablesofinterestwereknowledge,attitudes,andpracticesoftherespondents.Astructured andpretestedquestionnairewasusedfordatacollection.DataanalysiswascarriedoutusingsoftwareEpiInfoversion7.2.2.6.Logistic regressionwasusedtoestablishtherelationshipbetweenknowledge,attitudes,andpractices. Results.Nursesconstituted32.0%ofthe participants,andmorethanhalfoftheparticipantshad1–4yearsofworkingexperience(56.0%).Overall,thelevelofknowledgewas satisfactoryat50.0%,thatofattitudeswasasunfavorableat83.0%,andthatofpracticeswasaspoorat50.0%.Favorableattitudeswere associatedtosatisfactorylevelofknowledge(ORa=5.14[3.10–8.51]and p � 0.005).Goodpracticeswereassociatedtogoodlevelof knowledge(ORa=5.26[3.17–8.7]and p < 0.001)andafavorableattitude(ORa=7.30[2.25–23,71]and p < 0.001). Conclusion.e level of knowledge was considered unsatisfactory for half of the staff interviewed. Attitudes were unfavourable at 83.0% and poor practices at 50.0%. Staff with a good level of knowledge were more likely to have favourable attitudes towards BWM. Also, good knowledge and attitude positively influenced the practice with regard to BMW management. 1. Introduction Biomedical waste (BMW) is defined as unwanted materials generated during diagnosis, treatment, operation, immu- nization, or in research activities including production of biologicals. It includes all the materials used while admin- istering treatment to patients as well as all items contami- nated by hazardous fluids, for example, blood, urine, feces, andotherbodyfluids[1–4].emagnitudeofinfectiousrisk associatedwithwasteishighinlow-incomecountries.Each year, Africa, Asia, and South America are the most affected by the infectious risk for professionals and populations, estimated between 15 and 20% due to hospital waste or infectious healthcare waste (WHARI) [5, 6]. In Cameroon, the health and legislative development programs deal su- perficially with the question of biomedical waste manage- ment. Gaps in the legislative framework prevent the sound management of such waste [7, 8]. e role and responsi- bilities of those involved in biomedical waste management are not defined in a clear and precise manner. Healthcare institutions are concerned for two reasons: firstly, as health actors,theymustensuregoodhygieneinordertoprotectthe Hindawi Advances in Public Health Volume 2020, Article ID 2874064, 7 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/2874064