THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PATIENT SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE IN IMPLEMENTING THE SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST (SSC) IN THE OPERATING ROOM OF MITRA PLUMBON HOSPITAL INDRAMAYU

Background: Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) is used in the operating room to
increase the safety of surgery and reduce errors in surgical procedures. The low
level of compliance in filling out the SSC has the potential to cause problems related
to patient safety which are influenced by knowledge related to patient safety. This
study aims to examine the correlation between the level of knowledge of patient
safety with nurse compliance in the application of filling the Surgical Safety
Checklist (SSC).
Method: Research design was correlational quantitative with cross sectional
approach and analytic observational method. Population was all nurses in
operating room which amounts to 15 nurses. The sample of nurses in the operating
room was 15 respondents. The sampling technique was non-probability sampling
with a total sampling approach. The instruments used were a patient safety
knowledge questionnaire and a surgical safety checklist. The statistical test used in
this study was the calculation of Mann Whitney.
Results: The results of the research indicated 7 respondents (46.7%) had
knowledge about patient safety in good category, while 11 respondents (66.7%) had
compliance in the application of SSC. The results of the analysis using Mann
Whitney the correlation calculation indicated p value = 0.003.
Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, it is concluded that there is a
significant correlation between the level of knowledge of patient safety and nurse
compliance in the application of SSC (surgical safety checklist) in the operating
room of Mitra Plumbon Indramayu.
Keywords : Knowledge, Patient Safety, Compliance, Surgical Safety Checklist
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