Background : Health workers often interact and contact with patients when providing health service, so they are at high risk of infection or contracting various diseases. One of the efforts in providing protection is to use PPE and handwashing. However compliance with the use of PPE on staff is still low, and increases the risk of HAIs. Purpose : To know the improvement of officer compliance compared before implementation of action in patient safety at Puskesmas Mertoyudan II, Magelang. Methode : This research uses qualitative method with action research design which the result presented in narrative. Result and discussion : The result of cycle I shows the existence of compliance of PPE usage and handwashing of 5 moments low obtained from the data of compliance questionnaire, attitude questionnaire and knowledge questionnaire. Cycle II is carried out by taking action based on the observation of cycle I. Through FGD and training / simulation of the use of PPE and hand washing implementation, there is increasing compliance in the use of PPE and hand washing implementation. Prior to the action, officer compliance to the use of masks was 42.88%, the use of gloves was 27.14% and hand washing 5 moments 58.56%. After the action was obtained, the officer compliance to the use of masks to be 78.6%, the use of gloves 80.9% and handwashing 5 moments to 75.7%. xvii Conclusions and suggestions : Following the action, there has been an increase in officer compliance with the use of PPE and the implementation of handwashing 5 moments through 2 cycles. Suggestion to Quality Team of Puskesmas Mertoyudan II to conduct FGD as refreshing about patient's safety periodically. Keyword : personal protective equipment, hand washing, action research, compliance.