PERBEDAAN JENIS MIKROORGANISME PADA KOAS DAN PERAWAT SETELAH MELAKUKAN TINDAKAN HAND HYGIENE

Nosocomial infection is an infection that is acquired or experienced by patients hospitalized for showing symptoms of new infection and after 72 hours the patient was in hospital and the infection was found or suffered at the time of patient admission to the hospital. Hands of medical and paramedical personnel is one of the extrinsic factors that can cause nosocomial infections. This study aims to determine the different types of germs that are in coass and nurses palm that may cause nosocomial infections. This study used observasional analytic method. The place of research in the Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and palms swab taking at PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital of Yogyakarta. The number of respondents is 48 people consisting of 24 coass and 24 nurses. Sampling technique by total sampling for coass and quota sampling for nurses. Sampling was carried out after washing hands respondents. Swab samples obtained from the palms of the hand carved on TSA media and then incubated for 24 hours at a temperature of 370 C. Identification by gram staining. From the research, it was found Staphylococcus sp. and Bacillus sp. At coass founds 23 samples with Stapylococcus sp. and 1 samples with Bacillus sp. at nurses founds 22 samples with Bacillus sp. and 2 samples with Staphylococcus sp. The conclusion was that there are different types of bacteria on coass and nurses after doing hand hygiene measures.