Management of Infectious Waste The Epidemic Situation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) from Surin Hospital Case Study Field Hospital

Abstract

This Quasi- Experimental Research aimed to study on the potential to reduce the amount of infectious waste generated from field hospitals to be disposed of after implementing the measures and guidelines for the management of infectious waste using the 3Rs principle (Reduce Reuse Recycle) and requires that solid waste be sorted at the source, that is, Infectious Waste Recyclable waste and Compostable waste. The study was conducted between July 2021 and February 2022. Weighing the infectious waste produced per day was done for then find the incidence of Infectious waste per person. (kg / person /day). Collecting data before and after The data were then compared to compare the average amount of solid waste that decreased after the measures were taken.

          The results showed that the amount of infectious waste from field hospitals have decreased average volume Originally, the average amount of infectious waste was 1.62 kg/person/day. When implementing the measures, the average solid waste amount was 0.88 kg/person/day, the average amount of solid waste decreased by 0.74 kg/person/day, equivalent to 45.67 percent. The waste recycling can be sorted equal to 3,545.4 kg It was found that most of them were cardboard 3,097.8 kg or 85.44%, followed by pet plastic bottles at 428.50 kg, or 11.81 percent, and glass bottles at 61.60 kg 1.70 each, respectively. Most of the cardboard comes from  Paper Field Hospital Bed. which is one of the forwarding assistance from various agencies In the situation of the epidemic of Covid-19 to solve the problem of shortage of beds for accommodating COVID-19 patients in field hospital. When considering the source of recycling sorting, it was found that the sorting by patients Most of them were pet plastic bottles, 306.50 kg., representing 84.23%, followed by glass bottles at 40.60 kg , or 11.16 percent, and cardboard boxes of 36.00 kg, or 9.89 percent, respectively. Recycling that was sorted out by the staff found that most of them were cardboard 3,062.60 kg, representing 95.67 percent, followed by clear plastic bottles at 122.00 kg, accounting for 3.81%, and glass bottles at 21.00 kg, or 0.66%, respectively. Most of the waste is recycled in clear plastic bottles. Due to the form of drinking water service of the field hospital Surin Hospital have provided bottled water for patients To prevent food and water communicable diseases during COVID-19.