PERILAKU PETUGAS KEBERSIHAN RUMAH SAKTT DALAM PENGELOLAAN SAMPAH DI RS. NIRMALA SURI SUKOHARJO

The existence of the waste in hospital will cause negative effect to the hospital staffs and the people around the hospital if it is not good to manage waste. The success of the management of waste is detarmined of the many factors, one of them is the behaviour of the cleaning staffs. The aim of this research is to know the characteristic of the cleaning staffs, knowledge, attitude and practice in the management of waste in Nirmala Suri Hospital Sukoharjo. Qualitative method is used in this methode of research and subject of research is all cleaning staffs of Nirmala Suri hospital as many as 12 persons. The tehnique of collecting data by Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and indepth interview. The data analysis is content analysis. The result of the research has shown that the characteristics of the cleaning staffs based on age, education and work span are various. The youngest age of the staffis 2l and the oldest one is 50. The lower education is Elementary School and the highest one is Diploma III. The average of work span of the cleaning staffs is six years. The knowledge of the staffs about the management of the waste from the process of pilling to the final process is good enough. The attitude of the staffs in the management of the waste is positive. In doing the management of the waste, the cleaning staffs refer to the fixed procedure. However, in doing the job, the cleaning staffs sometimes do not do it as written on the fixedprocedure