Open AccessSITUATION OF MEDICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN KRONG BONG GENERAL HOSPITAL, DAKLOK PROVINCE, 2019
Author(s) -
Nguyễn Quỳnh Anh,
Lê Văn Trung,
Lê Thị Hương
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
y học cộng đồng
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2354-0613
DOI - 10.52163/jcm.v62i2.80
Subject(s) - municipal solid waste , solid waste management , waste management , sanctions , general hospital , hospital waste , medical waste , business , operations management , medicine , engineering , emergency medicine , political science , law
A qualitative research was conducted from March 2019 to August 2019 at KrongBong district general healthcare, Daklak province to evaluate the current situation of medical solid waste management at the hospital in 2019. The results indicated that most of the solid waste management at KrongBong District General Hospital have fulfilled the criteria specified in Circular 58. However, there still have some activities, such as there was no specialized waste transportation vehicle, the conventional solid waste storage was not performed well, the treatment of recycled solid waste was not in accordance with regulations. Besides, the hospital has not paid much attention to the inspection and supervision of solid waste management in departments and has not imposed sanctions, rewards or penalties for the waste management.