Since the COVID-19 pandemi, the government continues to emphasize the improvement of positive cases. Pandemi has an impact on all sectors including economy, education, tourism, employment, health and environmental sectors. A number of policies applied for example Large-scale Social Restrictions (PSBB), work and study from home, 3M movement (using masks, hand washing and maintaining distance) and adaptation of new habits to the development of vaccines.
Along with the above, West Java Provincial Government through PT Jasa Medivest subsidiaries of Regional Owned Enterprises (BUMD), PT Jasa Sarana is committed to handling waste B3 (hazardous and toxic materials) infections, in particular COVID-19 medical waste waste as an anticipation efforts of medical waste spikes related to this pandemi regulation.
Based on the Indonesian Environmental Expert Association (Indonesian Environmental Scientists Association/IESA), as much as 2.852 hospitals, 9.909 puskesmas and 8.842 clinics in Indonesia produce a medical rubbish plant 296.86 tons per day, where the average patient accounts for 14,3 kilograms of medical waste per day with a 600.000 patient assumption, the addition of waste B3 will reach 8.580 tons per day. Therefore, it is necessary for proper solutions and special attention to controlling medical waste spikes.
Warning marks are attached to the gate of temporary storage of residues or ash results of burning medical waste infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
Petugas operates incinerator machine for the combustion of medical waste infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
The involvement of PT Jasa Medivest in the treatment of medical waste lying on the rules and regulations of the Ministry of Environment Forestry (KLHK) in accordance with strict standards and procedures, which is by pocketing permissions from the CLHK and the best award of five consecutive years from 2011 to 2015 and ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001 certification.
In medical waste management, officers are equipped with self-protection and distrerilization tools using disinfectant liquid before conducting medical waste destruction in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Cikampek, West Java.
Guna optimizes the management and reduces the risks technically affected by the physical touch of medical waste in handling, officers facilitated wheeled bin or a 240 liter canpowered container to carry medical waste. Plant area is also equipped with supporting facilities in the form of Temporary Storage (TPS) with a maximum of 150 tons and Cold Storage with a temperature of about zero degrees to four degrees of celsius that empower the maximum of 30 tons.
Petugas checks the function of the Incinerator machine system for the combustion of infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
Petugas checks the function of Incinerator machine working system for the combustion of infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
The process of medical infections is using a technology incinerator machine “Stepped Heart Controlled Air†with two process of 11,000-1.200 degree Celsius combustion equipped air pollution control tools to neutralize exhaust gas emissions such as particles, gas acids, toxic metals, organic compounds, CO, dioxin and furan so that the exhaust gas is released can meet international emission standards parameters. Meanwhile the combustion capacity reaches 24 tons per day with medical waste originated in West Java and a number of provinces in Indonesia.
Medical waste that has been burned with the incinerator machine will impose residual or toxic ash that amounts little and then shipped to Cileungsi, Bogor, West Java to be planted in sanitary landfill Industrial Waste Management Center B3 (PPLI-B3).
Photo and Text: M Ibn Chazar
Petugas carries residual or ash result of burning medical waste infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
Dethyl residual or ash result of medical waste burning infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
Petugas carries residual or ash result of burning medical waste infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
Dethyl residual or ash result of medical waste burning infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
The hospital poultry brings "wheeled bin" or a wheeled sewage container contains the medical waste of infections towards the temporary storage of medical waste in the Regional General Hospital (RSUD) Karawang, West Java.
The poultry issued "wheeled bin" or a wheeled waste container contains the medical waste of infections from the car boks in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
Petugas bangs "wheeled bin" or a wheeled waste container to bring medical waste in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
A wide range of self-protection tools used when the combustion process of medical waste in infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
The poultry wears the protective equipment before conducting the combustion process of medical waste infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
The poultry sterilizes "wheeled bin" or a wheeled sewage container contains the medical waste of infections using disinfected liquids in PT Jasa Medivest Plant, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
A number of "wheeled bin" or a wheeled waste container contains medical waste infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
The officer operates one of the incinerator machine parts when the combustion of medical waste infections in PT Jasa Medivest, Plant Dawuan, Karawang, West Java.
Editor: Danika Wahyu
