Jurnal Kesehatan Indonesia
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2021-07-29
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STIKes Husada Borneo
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The coronavirus can last between four and five days in various objects aluminum, wood, paper, plastic,and glassobjects. Itis spread through paper(especially medical record documents) and still becominga risk. Maintenance of COVID-19medical records hadnot been carried out according to the PORMIKI’s instructions. The records werenot put in plastics or containersandnotstored in a special place. This study aimedto determine the maintenance and control of COVID-19infection prevention by medical record officers in 2021. This study used a qualitative descriptive method. The main informants were coding officers, and the triangulation informantswere the head of the medical record installation and the isolation room administration officer. The research instruments were observation and interview guidelines. We used descriptiveanalysis. The results showed that Standard Operational Procedure(SOP)of theCOVID-19medical records maintenance at IdamanHospital,Banjarbaru,was not yet available.The observation results showed that the officers obeyed to wear masksduring working, wash hands routinelyusing handrub, clean the tables or other flat surfaces before and after working, and minimize thecontactbetween patients or their families and medical records. However, some procedures werenot carried out (e.g., did not put the medical records in yellow plastics, container boxes, or a special place. The hospital should make an SOP regarding the maintenance of medical records for COVID-19patientsthattheofficers should complywithand anticipate the potential for workers to have COVID-19.
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Maintenance, Infection control and prevention, COVID-19
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Indonesia