Air germ numbers in Bougenville's care room at H. Andi Sulthan Daeng Radja Bulukumba Hospital

Abstract

Objective

This study aims to determine the relationship of physical quality of air (temperature, humidity, lighting) with the numbers of air germs in the Bougenville's care room.

Methods

Type of research is observational analytic with cross sectional research design. Population and sample in this study were Bougenville care rooms totaling 6 rooms. Data collected using measurements of humidity, lighting, temperature and air germ numbers. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test.

Results

There was no relationship between the physical quality of air with the number of air germs in the Bougenville's care room with p-value greater than 0.05.

Conclusion

Our result confirmed to always monitor parameters of the physical quality of air in room, air germ number and use of disinfectants that can kill air germ numbers and restrictions on visitors in order to minimize the spread of germs into air.