Analysis of the Relationship Between Knowledge and Attitudes of Nurses on the Implementation of Universal Precautions During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Universal precaution is an effort that is expected to reduce the risk of infection transmission to health workers, especially during the current pandemic. It aims to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes of nurses with universal precaution quality. A cross-sectional descriptive correlational study was conducted with 114 nurses. Simple random sampling was used for participant recruitment. Data was collected by questionnaire which was analyzed using Pearson correlation test. In this study, nurses have good knowledge and attitude about universal precaution. There is a strong relationship between the quality of knowledge (p = 0.001; strength of the relationship = 0.531). and universal precaution (p = 0.001; relationship strength = 0.491). This study confirms the relationship between nurses' knowledge and the quality of universal precautions. Education level seems to have the greatest influence, the results imply the need for nurses to have higher education.