KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE ON PREVENTION OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AT WOLKITE UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL GUBRE TOWN, GURAGE ZONE, SNNPR ETHIOPIA, 202

Abstract

Background Nosocomial infection also called hospital-acquired infection is defined as infection by a patient who was admitted for a reason other than infection. An infection occurs patient in a hospital or other than a care facility in whom the infection was not present or incubating at the time of admission. This includes infections acquired in the hospital but appearing after discharge and also occupational infection among the staff of the facility. Objective; Assessment of KAP on prevention of nosocomial infection and associated factors among healthcare workers at WKUSTH. Method and material; a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at WKUSTH to assess healthcare workers in the prevention of nosocomial infection by using convenient sampling of patients who acquired the surgical site, medical ward, obstetric and gynecological ward assessed. Data collection was started by sample random method within the study population. Then the data was analyzed by SPSS