ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the influence of continuity care model on how to deal with medical waste of insulin injections among domestic patients Methods Consecutive diabetes patients using the home insulin injections were recruited as the the members of our Diabetes Education Classfrom September 2014 to March 2015. The home medical waste disposal was brought into the content of diabetes education;problems were intervened through the continuity care model. Using the questionnaire survey to investigate the cognitive and disposal of patients on medical waste, to compare the difference of results of questionnaire before and after the intervention. Results The cognitive rate of medical waste after intervention was 97.70%(212/217),while the cognitive rate before intervention was 3.69%(8/217), the difference was significant (χ2=383.63,P<0.01). Disposal of diabetes patients using the home insulin injections had improved after the continuity care, the rate of dealing with medical waste according to specification after the intervention was 91.24% (198/217),while the rate before the intervention was 3.23%(7/217), the difference was significant (χ2=337.26,P<0.01). Conclusions The continuity care model standardized the behavior of patients for disposal of medical waste, reduced the environment pollution of medical waste and decreased the spread of disease.