Indonesian Journal Nursing and Health Care
Vol. 1 No. 2: August (2024)

Factors Influencing Health Workers’ Compliance with Nosocomial Infection Prevention Procedures in Hand Washing in the Maternity Ward of RSAU Dr. Esnawan Antariksa

Mahanani, Dian (Unknown)



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Publish Date
08 Aug 2024

Abstract

Background: Hand washing is the process of thoroughly cleaning the hands, starting from the fingertips, elbows, and arms, as needed. It involves knowledge, behavior, attitudes, facilities, and supervision. Objective: This study aims to determine the hand washing practices of healthcare workers at RSAU Dr. Esnawan Antariksa in 2023. Research Method: This research design uses a simple correlational method with a cross-sectional study approach to determine the relationship between variables in the correlational results concerning the hand washing practices of healthcare workers. Results: Based on the research results, 94.3% of respondents demonstrated good hand washing practices, 91.4% exhibited good behavior, 97.1% showed good attitudes, 94.3% displayed good knowledge, 97.1% reported the availability of facilities, and 88.6% reported the presence of supervision. Conclusion: Statistical tests showed no significant effect on behavior (P=0.656), attitudes (P=0.803), knowledge (P=0.720), facilities (P=0.803), or supervision (P=0.601) at an α level of 0.05.

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Abbrev

ijnhc

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Subject

Dentistry Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Indonesian Journal Nursing & Health Care (IJNHC) is an open access scientific journal that includes high quality innovative research with various scientific scopes in the health sector such as (Nursing, Public Health, Midwifery, Medicine, Health Pharmacy, Health Medical Record, Physiotherapy, ...