A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICES AMONG NURSES

Abstract

Globally, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a major contributor to higher rates of morbidity, mortality, and medical expenses. Since nurses are the main front-line healthcare providers in clinical settings, following infection control procedures is crucial to stopping the spread of infections. The basic aim of the research is to assess the level of knowledge regarding infection control practices among nurses working in tertiary care hospitals. Research design is descriptive cross sectional. The target population of the research is registered nurses working in various clinical departments such as ICU, ER, Surgical wards. Simple random sampling technique is used to select the sample. A self-administered questionnaires used to collect data. The collected data is analysed on SPSS version 21. The descriptive analysis is performed and then pearson correlation test  is run to test the relationship between knowledge and demographic details of the nurses.The study comes to the conclusion that the sample's level of awareness regarding infection control methods is consistent based on the statistical analysis of the data gathered from nursing professionals. There is no proof that a nurse's years of experience, gender, or educational background have a substantial impact on their degree of understanding in this particular situation. Hospital needs pay attention on competency-based trainings rather than paying attention on mentioned demographics such as experience, education and age.