PELAKSANAAN PENGAWASAN LIMBAH MEDIS OLEH DINAS LINGKUNGAN HIDUP KOTA TANJUNGPINANG PADA RUMAH SAKIT RAJA AHMAD TABIB PROVINSI KEPULAUAN RIAU

Abstract

Medical waste is waste derived from medical services, dental care, pharmacy, research, treatment, treatment or education that uses toxic, infectious, dangerous or harmful materials unless certain safeguards are carried out (Ministry of Health RI 2001). The waste that is produce must be monitored so that the environment can be clean in the local government formed by the Environment Agency, one of its activities is to supervise matters related to waste management so that the environment is not polluted by the provisions of medical waste management listed in Permen LHK No. 56 Year 2015. The purpose of this research is to find out the implementation of controlling carried out by the Environment Agency of Tanjungpinang City in the management of medical waste carried out by the Environment Agency at the Raja Ahmad Tabib Hospital of Riau Islands Province. This research is a qualitative research with descriptive methods, research conducted at the Office of the Environment Office (DLH) Tanjungpinang City. Determination of informants by purposive sampling is the person who is considered to know best about Hospital Waste Control. Researchers used three indicators from Kartini Kartono's theory. Judging from the indicators determining the size of implementation, has not run its maximum because of some constraints such as lack of facilities and infrastructure. From the indicators giving an assessment can be said that DLH in conducting controlling based only on the things in the document, this can cause new things as described. From the indicator of conducting correctives it can be said that DLH form of corrective action carried out by DLH is to provide recommendations related to waste management but the recommendations have not been implemented by the supervised party