Autoclave for healthcare waste treatment
Treatment of medical solid wastes by the application of autoclave sterilizer-shredder Triwira AS300 Made in Indonesia Introduction Hospitals are important sources of pollutants resulted from diagnostic, laboratory and research activities as well as medicine excretion by patients, which include active component of drugs and metabolite, chemicals, residues of pharmaceuticals, radioactive markers, iodinated contrast media, etc. (Verlicchi et al., 2010). In addition, it is estimated that 75% of the wastes produced by hospitals are general health care wastes, while the remaining 25% are regarded as hazardous infectious wastes (Prüss et al., 1999; Taghipour et al., 2014). Improper disposal of infectious hospital wastes and wastewater could cause serious risks to public health and environment. The discharge of hospital wastes and wastewater, especially those without appropriate treatment would expose the public in danger of infection. In particular, under the COVID-19 pandemic worldwid...