Optimization of Puskesmas Officers in Medical Waste Management in the Health Service Work Area, Padang City, in 2019

摘要

Community health center (puskesmas) is one of the health service units that in its activities produces medical and non-medical waste in both solid and liquid forms. This type of research is a quantitative study with cross sectional design where the independent variable consists of the knowledge and attitudes of health center staff in managing medical waste. Based on the results obtained there is no relationship with the attitude of officers' actions towards medical waste management, with a p value of 1,000 (p value> 0.005), while the level of knowledge is related to the actions of officers with a p value of 0.002 (p value <0.005) OR value of 6.865 means 6.86 times the level of knowledge affects the actions of officers in the management of medical waste in Padang city health centers. Less than half of respondents have low knowledge and negative attitudes in managing medical waste, and more than half of respondents have negative actions in managing medical waste. The knowledge of officers has a significant relationship to the actions of officers in managing medical waste, while the attitude of officers has no relationship with actions officer in the management of medical waste in the Padang City health center.