SITUATION OF MEDICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN KRONG BONG GENERAL HOSPITAL, DAKLOK PROVINCE, 2019

Abstract

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.