Abstract :
Carbon Monoxide (CO) has characteristic as a silent killer gas which is
colourless, non-flavored, cause irritation and toxic. The gas enters the body become
carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) and release the HbO2 ties. The CO gas contents in
cigarette smoke is about 1-5% and can increase COHb levels in the blood stream
around 2-16%. This study aims to determine the correlation of smoking habits on
COHb levels in the final grade of STIKES Nasional students.
This study method is using the analytical observations with the crosssectional approach and quota sampling technique with 15 students as the subjects
of this research. This reaserch use Hinsberg-Lang UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
methods. The maximum wavelength of COHb test is 414,5nm and the operating
time between 7-12 minutes.
This examination use UV-Vis Spectrophotometer and obtained a result
between 5.93% - 6.14% with the average flat range is 6.04%. The correlation test
Rank Spearman obtained a p value of 0.670 that means there is no correlation
because the p value > 0.05.
There is no smoking habits against COHb levels in the final grade of
STIKES Nasional students.