PENGARUH PROMOSI KESEHATAN TENTANG HAND HYGIENE TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP DALAM PENCEGAHAN INFEKSI NOSOKOMIAL PADA KELUARGA PASIEN DI RUANG RAWAT INAP RS BHAYANGKARA POLDA DIY

Background : Hospital is a health service facility that can be a source of infection for patients, health workers and all hospital visitors. Infectious diseases are the cause of high morbidity and mortality, one type of infection is nosocomial infection. One way to prevent nosocomial infections is to wash your hands in the six steps. Lack of public knowledge about how to wash hands properly, encourages health promotion efforts regarding hand hygiene to increase knowledge and awareness of patients and their families in inpatient rooms to reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections.

Purpose: To determine the effect of health promotion on hand hygiene on knowledge and attitudes in preventing nosocomial infections in the patient's family in the inpatient room at Bhayangkara Polda Yogyakarta Hospital. Research methods: This study uses a quasi-experimental analytical method with a one-group pre-posttest design. The sample in this study were 49 patients' families. The technique used in sampling is non-probability sampling in the form of accidental sampling. Data collection tools using a questionnaire and data analysis using the Wilcoxon test method.

Results: Based on the results of the study, the value of bivariate analysis with the Wilcoxon test was p-value = 0.000 <0.05. This shows that there is a significant influence of knowledge and attitudes about hand hygiene before and after health promotion.

Conclusions: There are differences in the level of knowledge and attitudes before and after health promotion about hand hygiene on knowledge and attitudes in preventing nosocomial infections in the patient's family in the inpatient room at Bhayangkara Polda Yogyakarta Hospital.