Open AccessDescription of the Characteristics of Solid Medical Waste in the Environment During the COVID - 19 Pandemic: Case Study Hospital X Covid-19 Referral in Semarang City
Author(s) -
N Himayati,
Tri Joko,
Mokhamad Ramdhani Raharjo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/940/1/012042
Subject(s) - medical waste , pandemic , covid-19 , municipal solid waste , referral , medicine , medical emergency , health care , hospital waste , waste management , family medicine , engineering , virology , outbreak , economic growth , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , economics
Characteristics of Solid Medical Waste As long as the hospital as a health service provider is a source of solid medical waste generation. The current COVID-19 pandemic can potentially increase the number of medical waste generation in health care facilities. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on changing the characteristics of the medical waste produced. This study describes the characteristics of hospital solid medical waste during the COVID-19 pandemic at the X Referral Covid Hospital in Semarang City. The study results show that the ratio of increasing solid medical waste during the 2020 pandemic ranges from 1.39 to 2.08 kg/bed/day. Handling medical waste in this condition is a challenge that needs to be appropriately managed.