Healthcare Waste Management Practice and Associated Factors among Private and Public Hospitals of Bahir Dar City Administration.

Background: Lack of an appropriate management practice of healthcare waste is a potential threat to the healthcare workers, patients, and nearby communities of the health institutions.

Objective: The study aimed to assess the healthcare waste management practices (HCWMP) and associated factors among healthcare workers of private and public hospitals of Bahir Dar city administration, Ethiopia.

Methods: A facility-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2016 to April 2017.