LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND COMPLIANCE WITH PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT USE IN HEALTHCARE WORKERS

ABSTRACT

Background: The effort to control and prevent COVID-19 in health facilities is to optimize the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) according to guidelines set by the government. The compliance of healthcare workers using the specified PPE will affect the control and prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic. Purpose: The study aims to measure the prevalence of COVID-19 in healthcare workers and to find out an overview of knowledge level and compliance with the use of PPE among healthcare workers in East Java Province during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This research was an observational study with a descriptive cross-sectional design. The study population was around 183,501 healthcare workers in East Java Province, with criteria of healthcare workers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic and were willing to be respondents. This study used a probability sampling method with a simple random sampling technique consisting of 129 healthcare workers. The variables used were knowledge level, compliance with the use of PPE, and the history of COVID-19 infection. Primary data have collected by an online questionnaire platform from September 3rd, 2020 to September 12th, 2020. Results: The prevalence of COVID-19 among healthcare workers in East Java was 6.20%, and all the healthcare workers infected with COVID-19 have a good level of knowledge and compliance with the use of PPE in health facilities. Conclusion: Most healthcare workers have good knowledge and compliance with using PPE. (English) [ FROM AUTHOR] Latar Belakang Upaya pengendalian dan pencegahan COVID-19 di fasilitas kesehatan adalah dengan penggunaan Alat Pelindung Diri (APD) sesuai pedoman yang telah ditetapkan pemerintah. Kepatuhan tenaga kesehatan terhadap penggunaan APD yang telah ditetapkan akan berpengaruh terhadap pencegahan dan pengendalian pandemi COVID-19. Tujuan Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk pengukur prevalensi COVID-19 pada tenaga kesehatan dan untuk mengetahui gambaran tingkat pengetahuan dan kepatuhan penggunaan APD pada tenaga kesehatan di Provinsi Jawa Timur pada masa pandemi COVID-19. Metode Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional dengan desain deskriptif cross sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah tenaga kesehatan di provinsi Jawa Timur yaitu sebanyak 183,501 tenaga kesehatan dengan kriteria inklusi bekerja selama pandemi COVID-19 di fasilitas kesehatan dan bersedia menjadi responden. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah probability sampling dengan teknik simple random sampling, yaitu sebanyak 129 tenaga kesehatan. Variabel yang digunakan adalah tingkat pengetahuan, kepatuhan penggunaan APD, dan riwayat infeksi COVID-19. Data primer diperoleh dengan menggunakan platform kuesioner online yang disebar secara pada 3 September-12 September 2020. Hasil Prevalensi COVID-19 pada tenaga kesehatan di Jawa Timur sebesar 6.20%, dimana seluruh tenaga kesehatan yang pernah terinfeksi COVID-19 mempunyai tingkat pengetahuan yang baik dan tingkat kepatuhan yang baik/patuh dalam penggunaan APD di fasilitas kesehatan selama pandemic COVID-19. Kesimpulan Mayoritas tenaga kesehatan mempunyai tingkat pengetahuan dan kepatuhan yang baik mengenai penggunaan APD. (Indonesian) [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi is the property of Universitas Airlangga and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)