PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN DALAM UPAYA PRAKTEK HAND HYGIENE PADA PENUNGGU PASIEN DI PUSKESMAS KARANGBINAGUN KABUPATEN LAMONGAN

Abstract

Hand hygiene is a benchmark for preventing the spread of antimicrobial resistance and reducing infection. Indonesian culture that interacts with patients is not only health workers, but also families as patient caregivers. For that hand hygiene should not only be done by health workers but also by families or patients’ caregivers in health services. However, compliance in the application of hand hygiene practices when giving health services in some situations are still low. The purpose of this study was to know the effect of health education on hand hygiene practices on patients’ care givers in Puskesmas Karangbinangun Lamongan. This research used a pre-experimental method with a one-group pre-post test design. The population were 31 patients’ caregivers in Puskesmas Karangbinangun Lamongan who taken by purposive sampling . The instruments of this research are SAP and Observation. Then it was analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that the influence of health education on the hand hygiene practices before and after are done hand hygiene health education on inpatients caregivers obtained a value of Z = 0.5720 and P = .000. It is expected that the patient's caregivers will be able to maintain hand hygiene properly and accordance with the 6 steps that have been taught and practiced together.

Keywords: Hand Hygiene Practices, Health Education