Relationship of Nurse's Knowledge with Measures Nosocomial Infection Prevention in the Room Internal Care of a Regional General Hospital, Majene Regency

Abstract

Nosocomial infection is an infection that is acquired by the patient when the patient is in the nursing care process at the hospital that occurs at least after 3 x 24 hours since the patient started treatment in the hospital. The risk of nosocomial infection in addition to occurring in patients who are hospitalized, can also occur in hospital staff. This study aims to determine the relationship between nurses' knowledge and prevention of nosocomial infections in the internal care room of the Majene Regency General Hospital. This research is an analytical survey research with a cross sectional study approach. The sample in this study were all nurses in the internal treatment room of the Majene Regency General Hospital as many as 30 people. Collecting data by using a questionnaire. The results showed that the level of knowledge of the majority of respondents about nosocomial infections was good, namely 27 people (90%) and the level of knowledge of respondents about prevention of nosocomial infections was good, namely 18 people (60%). Based on the results of the Fisher's exact test, the value of p = 0.054 which means it is greater than the value of = 0.05, which means that there is no relationship between the level of knowledge and the behavior of nurses on prevention of nosocomial infections. Keywords: Knowledge, Nosocomial Infections, Preventive Measures.