GAMBARAN PENGGUNAAN SUMBER AIR MINUM DAN SANITASI JAMBAN PADA ANAK-ANAK DI PUSAT PENGEMBANGAN ANAK ID-127 KELURAHAN RANOMUUT KOTA MANADO
Abstract: Universal
Precautions are prevention acts that must be done by all of the health workers
to prevent the infection spreading from the patients or vice versa. The purpose
of this research is to measure the overview of the implementation of universal
precaution in Kolongan Community Health Center. The research method is
surveillance descriptive research with Total Sampling method as the sample
collecting method.There are (13.33%) of the respondents do not wash their hands
appropriately with soap, (17.78%) do not wash their hands before doing medical
examination to patients, (4.44%) do not wash their hands after doing medical
examinations to patients, (2.22%) do not wash their hands if skin is
contaminated with blood or body fluids, (6.67%) do not wear gloves anytime they
may come in contact with blood or body fluids. There were (6.67%) do not always
wear gloves when cleaning up blood and body fluids soiled objects and (17.78%)
do not always use masks when doing medical examination to tuberculosis or other
droplet diseases patients. We found out that (6.67%) and (8.89%) do not always
disinfect the medical instruments before and after using and do not always clean
up the medical instruments with flowing water and soap before and after using,
(24.44%) do not always clean up the medical instruments that may not
contaminated with pathogens, such as linen, wheel chairs, infuse pumps before
and after using. Nevertheless, all of the respondents agreed that there are
proper needles and sharps disposals, and all of the respondents always dispose
all needles and other sharps promptly to each of their disposals, all of the
respondents agreed that there are separated disposals for medical and non
medical wastes, and all of the respondents always dispose the wastes properly
to the separately disposals.
Conclusion: in Kolongan Community Health Center, the overview of the
implementation of universal precautions is good.
Penulis: Sartika S. Laato, Henry
Malcom Frank Palandeng, Margareth R. Sapulete, Zwingly Christian J.G. Porajow
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd130117
