Table 2: Wrong answers to the 16 item of the questionnaire used for the survey.

Questions Wrong Answers
n (%)
1. What is the right way to dispose of a blood strained bandage? 7 (2)
2. What is the right way to dispose of a bag full of urine with visible traces of blood? 28 (7)
3. What is the right way to dispose of a syringe after performing an injection? 31 (7)
4. What is the right way to dispose of a placenta? 109 (25)
5. An empty IV bottle not contaminated by biological waste used for a patient with the diagnosis of suspect appendicitis has been removed. What is the right way to dispose of it? 161 (38)
6. A diaper not contaminated by blood from a patient who does not have oral-fecal infectious diseases has been removed. What is the right way to dispose of it? 241 (56)
7. What kind of waste are amputated limbs classified? 95 (22)
8. What is the right way to dispose of the gloves used by the gynecologist during a visit? 112 (26)
9. What is the right way to dispose of the gloves used but not contaminated by body fluids? 179 (42)
10. What is the right way to dispose of the bag of urine, which does not contain traces of blood and properly emptied? 273 (64)
11. What is the right way to dispose of sanitary napkins from blood? 289 (68)
12. What kind of waste are expired medical products classified? 81 (19)
13. What kind of waste are expired drugs/medicines classified? 203 (47)
14. What is the right way to dispose of hazardous medical waste at risk of infection, which is not stinging or cutting? 51 (12)
15. What is the right way to dispose of an IV bottle partially filled with drug? 363 (85)
16. What is the right way to dispose of a plaster cast removed from a limb not contaminated with blood? 121 (28)