SAFETY CULTURE DALAM MELAKUKAN PENCEGAHAN PENULARAN COVID-19 PADA LANSIA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS TELAGA BIRU
Authors: Usman Lisdiyanti Husain 
Published: July 2022

Abstrak World Health Organization di awal tahun 2020 menyatakan bahwa penyakit novel coronavirus (COVID-19) sebagai Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)/ Kedaruratan Kesehatan Masyarakat Yang Meresahkan Dunia (KKMMD). Gejala berat dan komplikasi serius akibat COVID-19 lebih sering dialami oleh lansia (Kemenkes RI). Permasalahan di Puskesmas Telaga Biru tahun 2020 menunjukkan bahwa dari 165 peserta prolanis terdapat 71 peserta yang merupakan kelompok lansia dengan disertai penyakit tertentu seperti Hipertensi dan Diabetes mellitus. Membiasakan diri mencuci tangan dengan sabun dan air mengalir penting dilakukan. Ini yang akan jadi kunci untuk membunuh, merusak, dan mematikan virus yang mencemari tangan kita. Budaya safety di Gorontalo dalam melakukan cuci tangan pakai sabun masih sangat minim. Budaya safety harus benar-benar diterapkan untuk menghindari virus yang satu ini. Metode : kegiatan ini dilaksanakan secara online dan offline dalam bentuk penyuluhan berupa ceramah, konsultasi, dan evaluasi perubahan pemahaman lansia terkait perilaku hidup bersih dan sehat melalui cuci tangan menggunakan sabun serta mengkonsumsi madu untuk meningkatkan daya tahan tubuh guna mencegah penyebaran COVID-19. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan di Wilayah Kerja Telaga Biru melalui dua tahap yaitu tahap pertama hari Selasa, 21 April 2020 dan tahap kedua pada hari Selasa, 20 Oktober 2020 dengan jumlah peserta 100 orang. Hasil :hasil capaian melalui kuesioner dengan melihat jawaban dari para peserta, dari seluruh peserta yang hadir dengan jumlah 100 orang, ada 85 orang peserta menjawab kuesioner dengan benar dan tepat, sedangkan 15 orang lainnya jawabannya belum tepat. Kesimpulan : Peserta pengabdian kepada masyarakat khususnya lansia yang beresiko, mendapatkan materi tentang COVID-19 telah mengetahui dan mau bekerja sama dengan pemerintah dalam hal mencegah penyebaran COVID-19 di Telaga Biru yang akan dimulai dari pencegahan keluarga. Kata kunci : cuci tangan,covid-19,lansia, safety culture AbstractThe World Health Organization in early 2020 declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and on March 11, 2020 was designated as a pandemic event. Furthermore, data from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia shows that there has been a rapid increase in COVID-19 infection outbreaks in less than one month (March 2020) in the territory of Indonesia.The Indonesian Ministry of Health states that severe symptoms and serious complications due to COVID-19 are more commonly experienced by the elderly (elderly) and or accompanied by certain risks, such as non-communicable diseases (PTM) such as hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus. In addition, Riskesdas 2018 data shows that the prevalence of PTM in Gorontalo Province is included in the top 10 (ten) top in Indonesia.Getting used to washing your hands with soap and running water is important. This will be the key to killing, damaging, and shutting down the virus that pollutes our hands. Indirect transmission of the Covid-19 virus is the most common. The transmission occurs through objects around us that are contaminated with the Covid-19 virus that we touch and then touch the mouth, nose, and eyes. Then the contagion is very effective. The culture in Gorontalo in doing hand washing using soap is still very minimal. This is the most common way of transmission due to indirect transmission. Maybe we can protect ourselves by wearing masks, but pollution on objects around us that we usually touch should be watched out for. Safety culture must be thoroughly cultivated to avoid this virus. a person who carries the virus in his body and does not wear a mask, then the person around him has a 75 percent risk of contracting it because a splash of saliva hits many objects. This is the importance of hand washing because we never know who is affected by coronavirus. Keywords: hand washing, covid-19, elderly, safety culture