Monitoring and Evaluation of the Use of Personal Protective Equipment (Ppe) Among Nurses in Post Pandemic Educational Hospitals

Abstract

Use personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent the chain of disease transmission, especially Covid-19. This study aims to monitor and evaluate the use of PPE among nurses who work in inpatient and emergency rooms at teaching hospitals in Malang. This research uses a cross-sectional comparative analysis approach. Data were collected using hospital SOP observation sheets by the Minister of Health Regulation 27 of 2017. Using a purposive sampling technique, the sample size was 82 nurses, divided into inpatient and emergency rooms. Data analysis uses descriptive and Chi-square to analyze differences in work area use of PPE (α= 0.05). The study's results showed differences in compliance and level of risk of exposure for nurses in using PPE in emergency departments and inpatient rooms (p-value=0.009). Emergency department nurses use PPE more often according to SOP, which has a higher exposure risk than inpatient nurses.