The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2023): The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health

Analysis of Factors Related to Near Miss among Nurses

Kania Nayuri Nugroho (Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Faculty of Public Health Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia)
Abdul Rohim Tualeka (Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Faculty of Public Health Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia)
Innaha Ilma Wardaya (Department of Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment PT Mahakarya Geo Survey, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2023

Abstract

Introduction: Nurses are an important human resource in hospital health services with a high-risk workplace that can cause accidents or occupational diseases. This study aims to analyze the relationship between near-miss knowledge, occupational health and safety skill, and work equipment with the occurrence of near-miss among nurses. Method: This research used a cross-sectional design. The population of this study was nurses in Ploso Regional Public Hospital. The samples were chosen using the purposive sampling method with a number of 53 nurses out of 56 population of nurses with consideration of safety during the Covid-19 pandemic. The independent variables were near-miss knowledge, occupational health and safety skill, and work equipment. The dependent variable was the occurrence of the near-miss. The data was collected using questionnaires. The data analysis technique used was the Pearson correlation test. Result: The result of the questionnaire showed most of the samples had high near-miss knowledge, high occupational health and safety skill, and good work equipment. The occurrence of near-miss among the nurses was mostly medium. The Pearson correlation test result showed that the correlation of near-miss knowledge was weak, occupational health and safety skill were fairly strong, and work equipment was weak. Conclusion: The relationship between near-miss knowledge with the occurrence of near-miss has a weak correlation with positive direction, the relationship between occupational health and safety skills and the occurrence of near-miss has a fairly strong correlation with negative direction, and the relationship between work equipment and the occurrence of near-miss has a weak correlation with negative direction.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJOSH

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Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology

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The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health is an open access and scientific journal published by the Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, and supported by Indonesian Occupational Safety and Health Association (AHKKI) East Java Region, Indonesian Occupational Health Experts ...