Open AccessSOLID MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT COSTS BETWEEN OUTSOURCING AND SELF-MANAGED SYSTEM AT HOSPITAL DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Author(s) -
Billy Zia Napoleon Bayusunuputro,
Chriswardani Suryawati,
Nurjazuli Nurjazuli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jurnal riset kesehatan /jurnal riset kesehatan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2461-1026
pISSN - 2252-5068
DOI - 10.31983/jrk.v10i2.7031
Subject(s) - business , outsourcing , hazardous waste , health care , operations management , process (computing) , medical waste , municipal solid waste , waste management , engineering , computer science , marketing , economics , economic growth , operating system
Health service programs aim to improve the level of society’s health. Onone side, it will give benefit public health, and on the other side, it willhave a bad impact if the process is not managed appropriately. Healthservice activities produces wastes, one of which is solid waste. It isimportant to know the problem related to the process and cost of the solidmedical waste management, which is part of the B3 wastes (hazardous andtoxic wastes). The B3 waste management is under the supervision of publichealth facilities which have the security and cost responsibilities. Thecosts include investment cost, maintenance cost, cooperation cost or cost ofthe third-hand management, and consumable cost. This study compares solidmedical waste cost between outsourcing systems and self-management systemsin the X hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses descriptiveresearch in a qualitative approach through observation, document review, andcost calculation for data collection. The study results show that theprocess of solid medical waste management has been running well. Inaddition, self-managed solid medical waste management is cheaper thanoutsourcing management.