Hazardous matetials waste are substances, energy, and/or other components which
due to their nature, concentration and/or amount, either directly or indirectly, can
pollute and/or endanger the environment, health, and life sustainability of human
and other living things. Meanwhile, environmental pollution is the entry of pollutant
materials into the natural environment that can cause changes that damage the
environment. This study aims to determine the implementation of B3 medical waste
management done by Panti Rini Hospital Yogyakarta and to find out the factors
that hinder the implementation of B3 medical waste management at Panti Rini
Hospital Yogyakarta. Based on the results of the study, the management of B3
medical waste at the Panti Rini Hospital is well-managed. This can be proven by
the availability of temporary trash cans in each room in the form of yellow plastic
bags to accommodate medical waste and black plastic bags for domestic waste.
Those waste are then taken to a temporary dump located behind the hospital. Every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday the waste will be transported by the final
processor, namely PT. Arah, to be destroyed. The factor that hinders the
implementation of B3 medical waste management is if the worker who transports
the waste is sick so there is no one else to transport them and it causes trash pile.
The implementation of B3 medical waste management carried out by Panti Rini
Hospital Yogyakarta has been going well. Panti Rini Hospital Yogyakarta must hire
more workers in the cleaning service division because if there is a cleaning service
that is sick or unable to attend today's duty, someone can replace him/her, so that
there will be no trash pile in hospital rooms or hire new workers who are placed in
the division of waste transportation so that Cleaning services should not work
outside their respective fields in order to minimize mixed medical waste and
domestic waste.