How to Cite:
Hasina, S. N., Ardiansah, N., Nurjanah, S., & Wijayanti, L. (2022). Analysis of factors
related to health personnel compliance with the use of personal protection equipment
(PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S3),
10649–10656. https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS3.9584
International Journal of Health Sciences ISSN 2550-6978 E-ISSN 2550-696X © 2022.
Manuscript submitted: 18 Feb 2022, Manuscript revised: 27 April 2022, Accepted for publication: 9 June 2022
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Analysis of factors related to health personnel
compliance with the use of personal protection
equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19
pandemic
Siti Nur Hasina
Universitas Nahdlatul UlamaSurabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
Novy Ardiansah
Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia | Rumah Sakit
Pusat Angkatan Laut Dr. Ramelan, Surabaya, Indonesia
Siti Nurjanah
Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya, Surabaya Indonesia
Lono Wijayanti
Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya, Surabaya Indonesia
Abstract---The role of infection prevention and control practices using
personal protective equipment (PPE) is very important, especially for
health workers who work on the front lines. Health workers, especially
in the emergency room, are required to wear eye protection, head
coverings, N95 masks or the equivalent, disposable gloves, boots and
gowns that cover from head to toe. This study aims to determine what
factors are related to the compliance of health workers in the use of
PPE in the emergency room. The research design used a correlational
research method with a cross sectional approach. The population of
this study were Health Workers in the Emergency Room Dr. Ramelan
Naval Central Hospital Surabaya as many as 75 people, the sample
size is 75 people using total sampling analyzed using chi square
correlation. The independent variables are age, years of service,
workload and knowledge. The dependent variable is the Compliance of
Health Workers in the use of PPE. The instrument uses a
questionnaire. The results of the study showed that there was a
relationship between age, working period, workload and knowledge
with the compliance of health workers in using PPE in the Emergency
Room Dr. Ramelan Naval Central Hospital Surabaya. The results of
the chi square analysis obtained a sig value for age and working
period of (0.000), workload of (0.004) and knowledge of (0.001) each <