Abstract:
Nosocomial infections are a major problem faced by hospitals, not only causing socio-economic losses, but also causing patients to stay longer in the hospital and adding additional burdens to the hospital in terms of costs and tasks to be carried out by health workers.
This study aims to determine the implementation of nosocomial infection prevention, analyze the relationship of policy, supervision and knowledge to the implementation of nosocomial infection prevention implementation and analyze the most influential factors on the implementation of nosocomial infection prevention by nurses in hospitals.
The research method used a cross sectional approach with a sample of 77 nurses in the treatment room of Palem, Syaraf, ER, Kulkel, Pediatric, ICU, PICU, internal, surgery, and ENT. The sample size was determined in a balanced manner based on the number of nurses in each room. The data was collected through a questionnaire. Observation. Data were analyzed through Chi-Square test, Fisher's Exact Test.
The results of the study: The implementation of prevention of nosocomial infections is 88.3%, policies are 96.1%, supervision is 64.9%, knowledge is 88.3%. The results of bivariate analysis of independent variables with dependents: policy (p=0.035), supervision (p=0.000), knowledge (p=0.046),
Conclusion: there is a relationship between policy, supervision and knowledge, with the implementation of infection prevention by implementing nurses. Suggestions for further researchers to use all application items, the provision of infrastructure facilities is further improved, infection prevention audits are carried out on the third week of every month to be maximized, especially for monitoring nurse compliance with PPI.
