Investigation of the awareness in laboratory biosafety among teachers and students of medical colleges in Jiangsu Province / 中华疾病控制杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the biosafety-related knowledge level of teachers,technicians and graduate students of medical colleges in Jiangsu province and to explore policy for management of laboratory biosafety in medical colleges.Methods In total of 550 teachers,technicians and graduate students from 5 full-time medical colleges were enrolled using a multiple-stage stratified random sampling method.Each subject was asked to complete questionnaire consisting of laboratory biosafety rules,safety consciousness,route of transmission,waste management and biosafety training,etc.Results The general awareness rate was 54.38%.The percentage of awareness in laboratory biosafety rules,safety consciousness,route of transmission were 27.58%,27.68% and 10.23%,respectively.The awareness rate in reagents toxicity was the lowest(7.21%).However,the awareness rate in protecting rules and waste management were as high as 83.77% and 76.90%,respectively.About 96.30% of the respondents considered that it would be necessary to launch a biosafety course in medical colleges.Conclusions The results showed that the awareness in laboratory biosafety among teachers and students of medical colleges still need to be improved.Propaganda and training of laboratory biosafety should be performed regularly to improve the general awareness and strengthen management.