Abstract:
Health care providers, especially nurses and doctors are constantly exposed to
microorganisms and most of them can be affected by serious as well as lethal infections. The
estimations shows that the risk of nosocomial infection is 2 to 20 times higher in developing
countries compared to developed countries. The study was aimed to assess the level of knowledge
and attitude towards infection control among the nurses in a selected hospital in Bangladesh. A
descriptive cross-sectional type of study was carried out, data were collected using selfadministered semi-structured questionnaire and it was analysed using SPSS version 20. About
77.4% of the respondents were in the age group 23-33 years and above eight-tenths (84.5%) of the
respondents were female. Below half (46.5%) of the respondents had diploma in nursing and more
than six-tenths (68.4%) of the respondents had <5 years of service experience. Most (92.3%) of
the respondents mentioned that infection happens when germs invade in a body and cause
diseases. Majority (93.5%) of the respondents know about the signs and symptoms of infection and
more than three-fifths (67.1%) of the respondents had attended training on infection control. The
findings of this study reveal that more than seventy percent of the nurses had good level of
knowledge regarding the infection control and two-thirds of the nurses were found to have
positive attitude towards infection control. Training programs on infection prevention and control
for newly healthcare providers should be provided.
