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Effectiveness of Floor Cleaning and Wall Cleaning on Growth of Pathogen Germs in The Current Room of Dr Kariadi Hospital, Semarang
Surface swab examination is carried out to evaluate the cleaning that has been carried out both in detecting the presence of
germs in the environment and also for checking the count of germ colonies on the floor surface. The results of the preliminary
study by looking at the results of floor swab measurements after general cleaning, especially floor cleaning, obtained data from
March - May 2022, 113 outpatient rooms, inpatient and operating rooms and found results that did not meet the quality standards
for floor swabs, there were 33 rooms, namely operating room, central nutrition, delivery room, baby room, cardiac catheterization
room, mortuary, Rajawali pharmacy, CSSD room, PBRT room, Garuda room, Kepodang and registration room. The aim is to
determine the effectiveness of cleaning floors and walls against the growth of pathogenic germs in the Heart Installation.
Quantitative research method which is descriptive analytic, test analysis using paired t-test and Wilcoxon. Results: there is no
significant difference between cleaning the floor on the growth of pathogenic germs in Pre-post General Cleaning, namely 0.678.
Floor Cleaning First-Second 3.5 Hours is 0.259.
Keywords: pathogenic germs; floor cleaning; wall cleaning
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