ANALISIS SISTEM PENGELOLAAN LIMBAH MEDIS PUSKESMAS DI KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

Medical waste management at the health center in Jember have obstacles, they are the accumulation of waste at times, the role of officers has not been implemented in accordance with the duties and functions of each subject so that there is still a waste that has not been handled seriously and the medical waste management in the health center still cannot be called perfect due to the lack of existing infrastructure. The type of this research is analytical survey. Sampling method in this study is cluster sampling technique, with the number of PSU (Primary Sample Unit) of 7 health centers with a number of samples as many as 17 nurses and 10 staff of waste management (cleaning service). The data obtained were analyzed using the Mann Whitney and Spearmen test with α = 0.05. The study results showed that there is significant relationship between knowledge of the staff with the implementation of the medical waste management, for the nursing staff with p value = 0.037, as for the staff of waste management (cleaning service) with p value = 0.010; there is significant relationship between the attitude of the staff with the implementation of the medical waste management, for the nursing staff with p value = 0.010, as for the staff of waste management (cleaning service) with p value = 0.035; there are differences in the implementation of medical waste management by the staff between urban and rural health centers, for the nursing staff with p value = 0.016, as for the staff of waste management (cleaning services) with p value = 0.036. Based on these results, it is expected that the health center in Jember provide guidance, counseling, and supervising to the staff in the implementation of medical waste management, particularly in improving the knowledge and attitudes of the staff in the implementation of an appropriate medical waste management regulations.