Open AccessHubungan Pengetahuan Dan Sikap Dengan Perilaku Perawat Dalam Pengelolaan Sampah Medis Di Rumah Sakit Daerah Mangusada Kabupaten Badung
Author(s) -
I Gusti Ngurah Gede Pradnyana,
I Made Bulda Mahayana
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jkl (jurnal kesehatan lingkungan)/jurnal kesehatan lingkungan (jkl)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2684-8015
pISSN - 2089-5674
DOI - 10.33992/jkl.v10i2.1271
Subject(s) - medical waste , nursing , statistic , medicine , biomedical waste , test (biology) , family medicine , medical emergency , health care , waste management , engineering , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , biology , economics , economic growth
Activity hospitals generate waste in the form solid, liquid and gas that contain phatogen and harmful chemical. To improve the quality of services needs to be improved means to cope with waste. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship of knowledge and the attitude to the behavior of nurses in the management of medical waste. This study used cross-sectional study design with sample of 96 nurses who served in Emergency Unit and Operation Room. The data analysis using Chi-Square statistical test. Based on the results of the study, 61 people (63.5%) had good knowledge, 38 people (39.6%) had positive attitude and 59 people (61.5%) had good behavior. The statistic result of research showed that there was relationship between knowledge with the behavior of nurses (CC = 76.011, sig= 0.000) and attitude with the behavior of nurses (CC=15.381, sig-0.000). It can be conclude that there is a relantionship between knowledge with behavior of the nurse and relantionship between attitude with behavior of nurses in the management of medical waste. Hospital that is programmed in carrying out extension and training management of medical waste to nurse. Hospital to provide facilities and infrastructure that is adequate and available standard operating procedures for medical personnel about managemment of medical waste Keywords: knowledge, attitude, behavior, medical waste