Abstract:
Hand hygiene is a simple and effective method that plays an important role in controlling outbreaks of infection. Compliance and attitude of health workers in carrying out Hand Hygiene in RSI Siti Hajar is still not appropriate. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of health promotion on the attitude and compliance of nurses in conducting hand hygiene with the planned behavior theory approach in RSI Siti Hajar Sidoarjo. The research design are pre experiment One group pre posttest design. The population are of all nurses in the special infection room at RSI Siti Hajar Sidoarjo as many as 33 people. The sample was 30 respondents. Independent variables are health promotion of hand hygiene. Attitude and compliance are dependent variables. The data was collected with an instrument questionnaire and tested with paired t test. The results of the paired t test showed the value of ρ attitude are = 0,0038 and the value of ρ compliance are = 0.000. The ρ value all of variable are < α = 0.05, it’s mean that H1 is accepted so that there is an influence of health promotion about hand hygiene on the attitude and compliance of nurses in performing hand hygiene. The results of this study show that the health promotion provided can increase respondents' attitude and compliance becomes higher.Therefore, the research site is expected to appoint a role model for the application of hand hygiene in accordance with procedures at each nurse station.
