Pengaruh Pengetahuan dan Sikap Perawat terhadap Pelaksanaan Pencegahan Infeksi Nosokomial di Ruang Rawat Inap Kelas III Rumah Sakit Haji Medan Tahun 2012

Abstract

Infections that occur during a person is admitted to the hospital and began to show a person's symptoms during treatment or after being treated are called nosocomial infections. WHO study showed that about 8. 7% of the 55 Hospital from 14 countries from Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific remains indicate a nosocomial infection and in Southeast Asia as much as 10. 0%. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of knowledge and attitudes of nurses on the implementation of the prevention of nosocomial infections in the inpatient hospital grade Ill in Haji Hospital Medan. This research is a descriptive analytic using cross sectional survey design that taken place for 3 (three) months from October 2012 until December 2012. The population in this study were all nurses third class wards are numbered 32 people and all of them were subjected to experiments. Data obtained using a questionnaire. Data analysis using logistic regression test. The results showed that the variables significantly influence nosocomial infection prevention are knowledge variable and attitudes. The most dominant variables that influence is variable knowledge. Therefore it is expected to further enhance the training of prevention of nosocomial infection to the nurses because of the knowledge has a significant influence on prevention of nosocomial infections