Original Research Article
Year: 2015 | Month: June | Volume: 2 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 365-371
The Evaluation of Universal Precaution Programs Performance at Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital in Indonesia
Irwandy, Sukriani
Hospital Management Department, Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Irwandy
ABSTRACT
Health care staffs such as nurses are at risk of acquiring infections from patients at the workplace. The knowledge and awareness of universal precautions is thus essential for all healthcare workers and people in other at risk occupations. The objective of this research was to evaluate the performance of implementation of universal precaution programs by nurses in Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital in Indonesia.
The research found that the performance of universal precaution program at Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital by nurses was high (94,4%) but the several activities in the program still low such as the nurse did not sterilizing using ethylene gas and chemical liquid (98,4%) and did not discard the needle to special garbage bin (83,9%). This research also found that there was positive relationship between leadership and supervision activities with performance of universal precaution programs by nurses.
To improve the performance of universal precaution program, the hospital managers and nurse leader should be improves their leadership and supervision activities in hospital to prevent the health care staff for infections.
Keywords:universal precaution, evaluation, performance.