PENGELOLAAN SAMPAH MEDIS DI RSUD Dr.H. SLAMET MARTODIRDJO PAMEKASAN TAHUN 2012

Abstract

Dr.H.Slamet Martodirjo hospital in Pamekasan is classified as a Type B Non-educational hospital. Problems
discovered at the hospital involve infrastructural items such as special trolley bins, delayed supply of fuel for
medical waste incinerators, long distance to be covered from wards to the incinerator, accumulating medical
wastes in wards, temporary holding sites for wastes not available, lack of awareness among workers in
handling medical and non-medical wastes, medical waste management personnel seldom wear personal
protective devices. This hospital needs to address these problems in order for it to become better and more
advanced hospital.
This is a descriptive study, primary data were obtained through observation and interviews, while secondary
data were retrieved from records kept by the hospital.
Based on the findings, the average amount of medical waste generated by this hospital every day was 34.5
Kg. At the waste generation stage all aspects seemed to meet the requirements since there is a sufficient
capacity to accommodate the wastes, the same applies to the garbage collection phase since wastes are
separated between medical and non-medical wastes. In performing their garbage collection tasks, workers
seldom wear their personal protective devices and such practice could put themselves in dangerous situation.
Support to medical waste management is quite adequate, this includes aspects of organizing, financing,
workforce, equipment / supplies, record keeping and evaluation.
The study concluded that management of medical waste at the Dr.l-l.Slamet Martodirjo hospital have met the
designated requirements. The study recommended that medical waste workers wear their personal protective
devices, provided with proper tools and infrastructures especially proper trolleys for transporting wastes.
Keywords: medical waste