Open AccessTingkat Pengetahuan Ibu Tentang Perawatan Luka Dan Kejadian Infeksi Daerah Operasi Di RSUD Banyumas
Author(s) -
Utami Purwaningsih,
Kris Linggardini
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
adi husada nursing journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2502-2083
DOI - 10.37036/ahnj.v6i2.167
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , surgical site infection , chi square test , surgical wound , wound infection , pediatrics , surgery , statistics , physics , mathematics , optics
Surgical Site Infection is infections that occur after surgery. Control of the incidence of nosocomial infection is part of the parameters of good health services at the hospital. One in 10 mothers who give birth by cesarean has an infection. The level of patient knowledge about how to care for wounds is an important factor in decreasing the incidence of wound infection in the surgical area in SC patients. Objective: knowing the relationship between levels of knowledge of post-operative SC patients about wound care and the incidence of surgical site wound infections. Method: The design used descriptive correlative and cross sectional approach. The sample were 76 respondents. The data were collected in December 2019 by using a knowledge level questionnaire and a form of signs of infection from Morison 2004. Data analysis using chi square). The results showed that there was a relationship between knowledge and the incidence of infection in the area of operation (p value 0.001).
Keywords: nosocomial, surgical site infection (SSI), section caesarea (SC)