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Abstract
Background: Nurses play an important role in reducing infection. Assessing their knowledge and practices in infection prevention and control measures during insertion and removal of intrauterine device is the starting point in planning and developing an effective educational need based intervention. The aim of the study was to asses’ nurses’ performance regarding infection control measures during insertion and removal of intrauterine device. Design: Descriptive design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted in maternal and child health center at Benha, family planning clinic at Benha university hospital and Benha teaching hospital. Sample: A convenient sample of (50) nurses, (35) from all working at maternal and child health center at Benha, (7) family planning clinic at Benha university hospital and (8) Benha teaching hospital. Tools: Structured self-administrated questionnaire , Observational checklist. Result: Nearly half of the studied nurses (52.0%) had good knowledge in general infection and more than half of them(56.0%) had good knowledge related to insertion of IUD( before –during –after).Nearly two thirds of them (60.0%) had unsatisfactory practice regarding total practice. There was statistically significant difference between ages, level of education, experience years, attend training of the studied nurses and their total knowledge (p> 0.05). There was positive correlation between studied nurse’s total practices and total knowledge. Conclusion: The results of the present study supported the study questions. Nearly half of the studied nurses had good knowledge regarding general infection and more than half of them had good knowledge regarding insertion of IUD(before-during-after).While two thirds of them had unsatisfactory practice regarding total practice. Recommendation: Covering the gap between knowledge and practices to attain prompt performances through continuous education and supervision in the field of infection control during the insertion and removal of the IUD.