Evaluation of hospital infectious waste management in Bandung region

2nd International Symposium on Green Technology for Value Chains 2017

工业技术;生态环境科学

Fitria, N.^1,2 ; Damanhuri, E.^1 ; Salami, I.R.S.^1

Faculty of Civil and Environment Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology, Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung

40132, Indonesia^1

Bakti Asih Higher Education School of Analyst Bandung, Jl. Padasuka Atas 233, Bandung

40192, Indonesia^2

关键词: Bacterial disease;    Compliance performance;    General hospitals;    Infectious wastes;    Kruskal-Wallis tests;    Potential health risks;    Private hospitals;    Sustainable management;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/160/1/012012/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/160/1/012012

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Hospital infectious waste (HIW) has become an important issue as it possesses potential health risk and damage to the environment. HIW, if not handled in a proper way, could be a potential source of diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B&C, and other bacterial diseases that cause serious threat to human health. Therefore, an extra attention is needed for its safe and proper disposal. The sustainable management of infectious waste requires a holistic approach to monitor and evaluate the implementation of hospital infectious waste handling. Based upon sample assessment, a brief overview of current implementation of hospital infectious waste management (HIWM) in Bandung region is provided. The assessment included a 50-point check list referring to the standard Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Guideline. The assessment of HIW management was conducted in seven hospitals. In general hospitals in Bandung region conform 57 from 100% assessment score. This is a proof that HIWM was still conducted improperly in Bandung region. Private hospitals provide better score (68%) compared to government-owned hospitals (41%) whereas accredited hospitals provide a higher score (61%) compared to hospitals with non-accreditation (22%). In addition, specific hospitals provide better compliance performance (74%) compared to general hospitals (50%). Hospitals with health worker status provided a better score (68%) than hospitals with non-outsourcing health worker status (30%). Kruskal-Wallis test showed that the value of Asymp.sig 0.000