<![CDATA[Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a toold designed as a barrier against the penetration of substances, solid particles, liquid or air to protect the wearer from injury, spread of infection or disease. The guard officers of the hospital must in the use of PPE for prevention and control of COVID-19. The purpose of the research is the factors that influence the behavior of the use of PPE of officers in the COVID-19 pandemic. This research uses correlative analysis design with cross sectional approach. Place and date of research in ER, outpatient, Radiology, Laboratory of Hospital in Blitar on November 30 – December 11, 2020. Population for research is hospital front guard officers in total sampling 47 respondent,of 8 general practitioners,5 specialists, 20 nurses, 2 radiographers, 4 analysts and 12 auxiliary officers. The research instrument uses observation sheets to the behavior of officers PPE usage and availability, COVID-19 knowledge questionnaires and hospital policy knowledge related to PPE. Resulth this research analysis using the Person product moment correlation test showed factors related to the behavior of PPE use is the knowledge of officers about COVID-19, hospital policies related to PPE and availability of PPE officers with a signification value P = 0.000. While unrelated factors are age and working life with signification values P = 0.208 and P = 0.387. Supervise the provision and use of PPE as needed so socialization to officers is important for prevention and control of COVID-19.]]>
