THE IDENTIFICATION OF OCCURRENCE AND COMPOSITION OF HAZARDOUS MEDICAL WASTE AT DEPOK CITY PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER

Abstract

Purpose of the study: Hazardous solid medical waste, contains infectious, pathologic, sharp objects, pharmaceuticals, cytotoxic, chemical, radioactive, pressurized containers, and has a high heavy metal content and endangering the community. The Minister of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia No.56 of 2015 regulates hazardous waste, but the study of the implementation and compliance with the regulation are still limited. Methodology: Qualitative descriptive method is carried out to describe and explain the condition of variables contained in the object of research. Main Findings: In general, the health center in Depok has carried out sorting consisting of sharp medical waste and non-sharp and reduced hazardous waste. The composition of non-sharp hazardous medical waste ranges from 55% to 96%. Applications of this study: Primary data collection was carried out in 11 Health Center in 11 sub-districts of Depok City. Novelty/Originality of this study: The number of sub-district residents does not always determine the average number of patients coming from the health center which ranges from 100-300 patients. With the average number of patients coming in at 300 people/day, Cipayung health center produced 1,821 grams/day, in contrast to Pancoran Mas and Sukmajaya which produced 2,398 and 3,357.