Review: Medical Waste Management for Covid19

Sutrisno, Hendri; Meilasari, Fitriana

doi:10.20473/jkl.v12i1si.2020.104-120

Cited by 10 publications

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“…The surge of COVID-19 cases has also exposed the limited capacity of the Indonesian healthcare infrastructure to manage medical waste. Improper disposal of medical waste has been a major environmental problem in Indonesia even before the pandemic ( 41 ), when the estimated amount of medical waste generated from 2,813 hospitals was ±366 tons per day ( 42 ). The number has been estimated to be five times higher during the pandemic ( 41 ).…”

Section: Healthcare Capacity Assessmentmentioning

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The Capacity of the Indonesian Healthcare System to Respond to COVID-19

Mahendradhata

Andayani

Hasri

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

130

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The Indonesian Government has issued various policies to fight Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). However, cases have continued to fluctuate over a year into the pandemic. There is a need to assess the country's healthcare system's capacity to absorb and accommodate the varying healthcare demands. We reviewed the current capacity of Indonesia's healthcare system to respond to COVID-19 based on the four essential elements of surge capacity: staff, stuff, structure, and system. Currently available medical staffs are insufficient to deal with potentially increasing demands as the pandemic highlighted the human resources challenges the healthcare system has been struggling with. The pandemic has exposed the fragility of medical supply chains. Surges in the number of patients requiring hospitalization have led to depleted medical supplies. The existing healthcare infrastructure is still inadequate to deal with the rise of COVID-19 cases, which has also exposed the limited capacity of the healthcare infrastructure to manage medical waste. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the weakness of the patient referral system and the limited capacity of the healthcare system to deliver essential health services under prolonged emergencies. The Indonesian Government needs to ramp up the country's healthcare capacity. A wide range of strategies has been proposed to address those mounting challenges. Notwithstanding, the challenges of increasing healthcare capacity highlight that such efforts could represent only one part of the pandemic response equation. Effective pandemic response ultimately requires governments' commitment to increase healthcare capacity and flatten the curve concurrently.

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Section: Healthcare Capacity Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Capacity of the Indonesian Healthcare System to Respond to COVID-19

Mahendradhata

Andayani

Hasri

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

130

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“…Therefore, improvements in incineration management are required. One of the efforts that can be made is the treatment of residues and ash waste [ 29 ].…”

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Waste treatment innovation for infusion bottles using soil solution

et al. 2022

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The amount of medical waste, especially infusion bottles, is a problem for environmental pollution. Improper management of infusion bottle waste can have an impact on disease transmission. The medical waste treatment used high technology and high costs will be a financial burden, so simple and effective treatment innovations is needed. This study uses an experimental method of removing bacteria from infusion bottles using a mixture of water and Andoso soil as a solution for washing infusion bottle waste. The soil solution concentration used in washing was 45% with a contact time of 2 minutes. The experiment was carried out with two repetitions. The treatment effect on decreasing the number of bacteria using a multiple linear regression mathematical model. The results showed that the disinfection process of bacterial-contaminated infusion bottles using water required rinsing up to six times, whereas using 45% andosol soil solution only rinsed once. The effectiveness of the disinfection of infusion bottles contaminated with bacteria using soil solution reduces the number of bacteria by 98%.

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“…Incineration is able to destroy pathogenic bacteria and reduce up to 99.95% volume of waste. The disadvantages of this process are ash residue and waste which may contain heavy metals, which require further process so that it does not cause health impacts and contaminate the environment [32].…”

Section: Surgical Mask Disposalmentioning

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Hazard risk identification from the used masks in Jabodetabek

Simatupang

Veronika

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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COVID-19 has brought many changes of lifestyle to people around the world. The obligation to use masks as an effort to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 is such an example. This policy led to the increase of masks using in the general population. Some particular procedures of masks usage and used masks handling must be applied to prevent negative impacts. Many of these guidelines are not generally known. This study is carried out to determine the handling, cleaning, and disposal method of used masks at beginning of the pandemic. The research data were obtained from 152 random respondents who voluntarily filled out online questionnaires. Participants came from some areas in Jabodetabek that implemented Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) and were required to wear masks. Most of the respondents kept the used mask temporarily then reused it. Handling of the used masks, both surgical masks and cloth masks, was also showed poor sanitation for some participants. The waste generation from used surgical masks at the beginning of the pandemic was also quite alarming. Education on the handling method of used masks is important to be widely publicized to prevent potential hazards, such as the transmission of respiratory infections and environmental contamination risk.

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Review: Medical Waste Management for Covid19

Cited by 10 publications

References 25 publications

The Capacity of the Indonesian Healthcare System to Respond to COVID-19

The Capacity of the Indonesian Healthcare System to Respond to COVID-19

Waste treatment innovation for infusion bottles using soil solution

Hazard risk identification from the used masks in Jabodetabek

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