Supervision of Environmental Departement on COVID-19 Medical Waste Management in Lampung Province Health Services Facilities

Abstract

The increase in COVID-19 cases is also in line with the increase in medical waste. Environment Department of Lampung Province as an environmental management agency has the task of supervising. However, there are still deviations made by Health Sevices Facilities in carrying out its medical waste management activities, even though COVID-19 medical waste if not managed properly will have a bad impact. This study aims to describe and analyze the supervision of the management of COVID-19 medical waste in Health Sevices Facilities by the Lampung Provincial Environment Department and to find out the inhibiting factors. The type of research used is descriptive type with a qualitative approach, with data collection techniques, namely interviews, observation and documentation. The analysis of this research uses the supervisory process theory approach proposed by Handoko, namely the determination of implementation standards, determining the measurement of the implementation of activities, measuring the implementation of real activities, comparing the implementation of activities with standards and analyzing deviations, and taking corrective actions. The results of this study indicate that the supervision of the management of COVID-19 medical waste in F Health Sevices Facilities by the Lampung Provincial Environment Department is quite good, but there is still much that needs to be improved. The inhibiting factors for the Lampung Provincial Environmental Department in supervising the management of COVID19 medical waste at Health Sevices Facilities Lampung Province are the lack of budget, lack of intensity of supervision, and lack of communication.