Medical waste

problems in
Indonesia’s society
Submitted by

Kurnia Ritma Dhanti

For Hazard Material FRO Training
In the National Yunlin University of Science
and Technology, Taiwan
 Who is at risks?

⪢ People who have the highest risk of

being the biomedical waste, for instance,
healthcare workers, patients, waste
collection and disposal staff, and even
our environment.

⪢ The biomedical waste may pose an

occupational hazard when managed
incorrectly. Therefore, we need special
precautions and the well-trained
personnel to manage those biomedical
wastes and keep the risk low.
 Source : https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/06/15/ministry-
takes-illegal-dumping-of-medical-waste-case-to-karawang-court.html
 Source :
https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/03/06/disposal-of-
hazardous-medical-waste-found-wanting-in-malang.html
 Chemicals are part of every day’s life v In a modern society we can
not live without functions such as cleaning agents, pesticides and
fertilizers, plastics or petrol

People are exposed to chemicals at work, at home and through the

environment

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There are more than tens of thousands of chemical substances on the
market Estimate are circulating in the world 2013: -. 13 million ton -.
140.000 substances

The production volumes are high and they are increasing: every year
the volume of production are increases about 700 substances per
year ex: Production of chemicals in Asia Pacific will increases 40%
from 2012-2020 (data GCO)

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 Chemical management

Hazardous substance
Main focus called Bahan Beracun
Berbahaya (B3)

substance/material which its nature or and its amount and or its

concentration, either directly or indirectly, can pollute or damage the
environment, and or may endanger the environment, human health,
and survival of human beings as well as other life

if it is explosive, oxidizing, extremely flammable, highly flammable,

flammable, extremely toxic, highly toxic, moderately toxic, harmful,
corrosive, irritant, dangerous to the environment, carcinogenic,
teratogenic, or mutagenic
 Chemical Regulations

Government Regulation
Number 74 year 2001
regarding Hazardous and
Toxic Material
Management.

Government Regulation of Law of the Republic of

the Republic of Indonesia Indonesia Number 32 year
Number 74 year 2001 2009 regarding
regarding Hazardous and Environmental Protection
Toxic Material and Management
Management (B3

Ministry of Environment
Government Regulation of
and Forestry (MoEF) Decree of Environment
the Republic of Indonesia
Regulation 36/2017 on Minister Number 3 year
Number 74 year 2001
Registration and 2008 regarding hazardous
regarding Hazardous and
Notification Procedures and toxic material symbol
Toxic Material
for Hazardous and Toxic and labelling
Management (B3
Substances
 ⪢ Indonesia has many serious waste management,
especially for many medical facilities.

⪢ Most of them do not have access to on-site waste

disposal, and transfer their waste to the third party.

⪢ There should be a solution to tackle these problems, how

to manage waste as effective as possible, with a lower cost
production.
 The source of the problems

⪢ It is expensive and difficult tasks for

small medical facilities to disposed
their waste

⪢ The region of Indonesia is so large,

and in some rural area, the
trasportation is still hard to access

⪢ The medical waste disposal facilites

is a complex thing for medical
facilitiess
 What to do?

⪢ Draft a national policy on medical waste

management for health centers.
⪢ Develop national guidelines for
appropriate waste disposal approaches,
systems, equipment, and personnel
responsibilities.
⪢ Disseminate practical guidance to
districts to raise awareness, guide local
solutions, and outline local funding
requirements.
⪢ Conduct research, analysis of recycling
options.
⪢ Give personel training to people in the
medical facilities
 THANK YOU

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