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Abstract Healthcare-associated infection is one of the most common complications of health care management. Aim of study: Train the trainer nurses on infection control at student Hospital Mansura University. Research Design: Quasi research design was used to conduct this study. Data collection: the data was collected during the period of August to January 2016. Setting : The study was conducted at Students Hospital affiliated to Mansoura University (emergency ward, clinics, inpatient ward, operating room and private ward). Study sample: convenient sample was used it consists of (70 nurses include 10head nurses, 60 staff nurses). Tools: five tools were used in this study: tool I: Self administrated questionnaire to assess socio demographic and professional characteristics. Tool II: Self administrated questionnaire to assess nurses’ knowledge about infection control. Tool III: self-administrated questionnaire to assess nurses’ performance related to infection control. Tool IV: Auditing tool to assess infection control measures in student hospital Tool V: Nurses’ acceptance and satisfaction scale. Results: the result of this study showed that nurses’ knowledge and performance were poor in pre-program and improved in post program. Conclusion This study concluded that implementation of the program there was remarkable improvement of nurses’ knowledge and performance; it was clear in post-test results. Recommendations: continuous in-service training programs and refreshing courses should be conducted for nurses to update their knowledge and skills about infection control. |