Rancangan alat pengolah sampah medis (MWT-P) untuk menurunkan angka bakteri total plate count (TPC) sampah medis 99,99%

Abstract

Medical waste production of health services is increasing in Indonesia. Based on this research, one Puskesmas produces medical waste between 15-25kg/day (Donisius.T, 2015). The Legislation requires medical waste to be processed so as not to cause environmental pollution, especially nosocomial. Medical waste processing requires technology and processing costs are very high. The design of the tool Medical Waste Treatment (MWT-P) is an alternative in treating medical waste with costs and technology that is easily accepted. The process of processing this tool includes the stages of washing, drying, and disinfection. The disinfection process uses chlorine doses and uses certain contact times. MWT-P can reduce the number of TPC medical waste bacteria to 99.99%. MWT-P is an affordable and easy to operate medical waste processing device. MWT-P is part of the framework for controlling and processing Hazardous waste, especially medical waste, healthcare facilities.