Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Personal Protective Equipment During COVID–19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers in Hetauda (original) (raw)
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Health Workers are the spearhead of the government in handling Covid 19 patients so it is necessary to get special attention in handling Covid 19 patients. In handling Covid-19, the use of APD by health workers directly involved in the handling of patients, especially those who have been confirmed by Covid-19, is very important.APD used is APD that has met the standards so that it is effective to prevent the spread of the virus or contract Covid-19. The purpose of the research is to identify the application of Personal Protective Equipment (APD) by Health Workers who handle directly or indirectly Covid 19 patients. This type of research is observational with cross-sectional research design that is conducting direct observations on the application of APD in Government Hospitals in Bogor and then analyzed based on the standards of APD use applicable in the hospital. The study population is doctors, nurses, radiographers, health analysts who handle covid 19 patients either directly or indirectly who are in the treatment room and hospital support room of 87 people. Data collection is done by observation when doing care to patients. The research was conducted from September to October 2020. The collected APD usage data is then processed manually, analyzed descriptively, and compared to standards related to research. Compliance of health workers is carried out by analyzing the observation data and then compared with the standards of hospitals on the use of APD in each room. Types of APD refer to the Ministry of Health Guidelines. The results of the study obtained a percentage in the use of APD where the respondents who obeyed was 10% (9 people) Doctors/general practitioners, 60% (60 people) nurses, 9% (8 people) Radiographers, 18% (16 people) health analysts. The respondents who did not comply were 2% (2 people) nurses. Most of the respondents of health workers as much as 98% in the hospital already have a high level of vigilance to wear APD by following the standards. While only 2% of respondents still do not follow the standard of APD usage.