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Abstract
Infection is one of the most important problems in health care services worldwide, the aim of study was to assess the nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding infection control in operating rooms at Port Said Hospitals; a descriptive correlation study design was used in this study in three different health care sectors (general & private& health insurance). The subjects of this study a convenience sample consisted of 50 nurses both sexes (males and females) who were working in operating rooms in the premontioned hospitals. Data were collected using two different tools, first tool, questionnaire sheet, composed of three parts, first part includes personal and job characteristics. Second part, covered the nurses’ knowledge about infection control in operating room and third part, covered the nurses’ attitudes about infection control. Second tool, is observation checklist to evaluate the nurses’ practice in relation to hospital infection. The study results revealed that most of the studied nurses had satisfactory knowledge, while most of them had unacceptable attitude. As regard their practices slightly more than half of them had inadequate practices regarding infection control. Based on the study findings. It was recommended, improve nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice about infection control through, Provision of posters, specific books, handouts includes comprehensive information about infection control. continuous training programs, conferences and seminars about infection control and help them how to translate these knowledge into practices and positive attitudes.