Abstract
Prevention of infection is a form of efforts to maintain patient safety in health services in hospitals. However, the large number of health workers with low knowledge, inappropriate attitudes and non-adherence in the implementation of standard precautions makes increase the number of infections acquired in hospitals. Analytical observational research with cross-sectional design. Knowing the knowledge, attitudes and compliance to 99 health workers consisting of nurses and midwives in the application of standard precautions in the inpatient room, intensive care unit and delivery room of PKU Muhammadiyah Bantul Hospital during July to August 2017. Data analysis using multiple logistic regression. There are three things that are assessed in the application of standard precautions namely knowledge, attitude and compliance. All aspects were assessed to have an effect on the implementation of standard precautions in PKU Muhammadiyah Bantul Hospital. Attitude is the most influential with p value 0,038 and OR value is 3,701. From the analysis, it is known that the percentage of all variables is 36.8% toward the implementation of standard precautions. Knowledge, Attitudes and Compliance has an effect of 36.8% on the application of standard precautions with the attitude having the greatest influence.
Highlights
Good service is an important factor in the implementation of health services in hospitals
The World Health Organization (WHO) describes hospitalacquired infections as an infected patient during hospitalization that is absent or incubated at admission And there after the patient is discharged from the hospital and the infection obtained by health workers while working in the hospital [4]
High incidence rates of hospital infections serve as an indicator of the quality of health services, infection prevention measures Nosocomial is very important for health personnel in hospitals [6]
Summary
Good service is an important factor in the implementation of health services in hospitals. Some developed countries change quality to quality-safety, this shows quality but patient safety is important in the implementation of health services [1]. Health services are a place for interaction between patients and hospitals that involve patients, doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in sensitive relationships concerning satisfaction, quality of care and image of the hospital [2]. Prevention of infection is a form of efforts to maintain patient safety in health services in hospitals. High incidence rates of hospital infections serve as an indicator of the quality of health services, infection prevention measures Nosocomial is very important for health personnel in hospitals [6]
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