Medical waste is the residue from a medical business or activity at a health service
facility in the form of solid, liquid, or gas classified as hazardous and toxic
materials whose presence can pollute or damage the environment and/or endanger
human health and survival. is the entry of pollutant materials into the natural
environment that can cause changes that damage the environment. This study aims
to determine the medical waste management carried out at Charitas Hospital Klepu
and to find out the legal provisions that apply to the implementation of waste
management at Charitas Hospital Klepu. Based on the results of the study, the
waste management has been going well, because it is equipped with wastewater
treatment buildings in the form of sedimentation tanks, sedimentation tanks,
anaerobic filter tanks, horizontal filter tanks, outflow pits, chlorination tanks, water
test tanks, and sludge pipe installations. and sludge deposition. waste management
in the hospital is also based on the provisions of the applicable legislation, because
it has succeeded in reducing or controlling environmental pollution with respect to
the impact of waste generated from activities in the hospital. The implementation
of waste management at Charitas Hospital Klepu has been good. Charitas Hospital
Klepu needs to increase the frequency of inspections on the quality of water used
for hospital activities, and provide education on the impact of environmental
pollution and the importance of awareness of environmental hygiene.