| dc.description.abstract | The COVID-19 pandemic is a global outbreak that also changes the
generation of medical waste in hospital. The increasing number of people
infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-Cov-2) virus indirectly requires the management of infectious waste
from patients to be safe and not have the potential to spread. The purpose of
this study was to analyze the medical waste management in a hospital
located in Jakarta City, Indonesia. This study employed direct observation
and used secondary data in the analysis. Meanwhile, to determine the effect
of the population infected with SARS-Cov-2 on medical generation, One
Way ANOVA analysis was used. Data from May, 2020 showed that medical
waste generation increased from 25.6 kg/month to 192.3 kg/month. The
ANOVA significance test showed a value of 0.013; this indicates that the
number of the infected population significantly affects the generation of
medical waste. Medical waste that found during a pandemic becomes more
complex, including hazmat clothes, masks, gloves, medical headgear, used
bandages, injection and infusion equipment, eating and drinking utensils for
patients exposed to COVID-19, and used swab and rapid test equipment | en_US |
