Kejadian luka tusuk jarum suntik adalah kecelakaan kerja yang banyak terjadi pada petugas kesehatan. Luka tusuk jarum suntik berisiko menimbulkan cedera pada bagian yang tertusuk serta dapat terjadi penularan virus melalui darah. Berbagai aspek dapat menyebabkan kejadian luka tusuk jarum seperti pengetahuan yang kurang dan sikap yang mengabaikan prosedur menjadi salah satu penyebab insiden luka tusuk jarum. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis hubungan pengetahuan dan sikap perawat terhadap perilaku pencegahan luka tusuk jarum. Metode penelitian adalah metode kuantitatif dengan desain penelitian cross sectional yang melibatkan 82 responden yang dipilih secara simple random sampling. Analisa data menggunakan chi square test. Hasil penelitian diperoleh responden memiliki pengetahuan baik yaitu 52,4%, responden memiliki sikap positif sebanyak 61%, dan sebanyak 51,2% responden melakukan perilaku pencegahan luka tusuk jarum. Hasil analisis bivariat didapatkan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara pengetahuan p - value = 0,028 dan OR 2,700, dan sikap p - value = 0,001 dan OR 8,333 dengan perilaku pencegahan luka tusuk jarum. Simpulan, terdapat hubungan signifikan antara pengetahuan dan sikap perawat terhadap perilaku pencegahan luka tusuk jarum di RSUD dr. H. Jusuf SK Provinsi Kalimantan Utara. Diharapkan perawat menerapkan perilaku pencegahan luka tusuk jarum dengan meningkatkan pengetahuan dan melaksanakan prosedur penanganan limbah benda tajam.

Kata kunci: Pencegahan Luka Tusuk Jarum, Pengetahuan, Sikap, Perilaku, Perawat

The accident of needle stick injury often occurs to health care workers. The wound of needle stick carries a risk of causing injury to the punctured part and virus transmission through blood-borne pathogen. The various aspects can cause the accident of needle stick injury such as lack of knowledge and attitude that ignores the standard operating procedure for injury prevention. This study is aimed to analyze the relationship between knowledge and attitude of nurses towards behavior of needle stick injury prevention. It uses quantitative method using cross sectional design. It involves 82 respondents by using simple random sampling. The data analysis uses Chi-Square test. The findings show that 52.4% respondents have good knowledge, 61% respondents have positive behavior, and 51.2% respondents behave to prevent the needle stick injury. The result of bivariate analysis of Chi- Square test shows that there is a relationship between knowledge (p - value = 0.028 and OR = 2.700) and attitude (p - value = 0.001 and OR = 8.333) on behavior of needle stick injury prevention. It can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude of nurses toward behavior of needle stick injury prevention in RSUD dr. H. Jusuf SK North Kalimantan Province. It is expected that nurses perform behavior of needle stick injury prevention by increasing knowledge and carrying out the procedures for handling sharps waste. Keywords: Needle Stick Injury Prevention, Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior, Nurses