HUBUNGAN ANTARA PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP DAN PERILAKU PETUGAS TERHADAP PENGELOLAAN SAMPAH MEDIS PUSKESMAS DI KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

Medical waste is toxic, infectious, dangerous or harmful unless it carried a certain safety phase of medical waste management. Staff role is affecting the implementation phase of the medical waste management. This study is analytical and the design of study used is cross-sectional study. Sampling techniques in the study was conducted using cluster random sampling technique, with a sample of medical staff by 9 people, 13 people of nurses, 14 people of midwives, 4 people of pharmacist, 8 people of waste manager. The analyzed using spearmen correlation test with α = 0.005. The study results show that there is a relationship between the level of staff knowledge about the phases of medical waste management with the staff behavior in the waste management phase, α = 0.003; There is a relationship between the staff attitudes about the phase of waste management with the staff behavior in the medical waste management phase, α = 0.000. Based on these results, it is expected that the health center in Jember should be equipped with facilities and infrastructure and a counseling or training for health center staff about medical waste, including source, hazards and waste management phases.