Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Hospital Acquired Infections Among the Nurses Working at Selected Private Hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh

The aim of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to evaluate Health Care Workers’ (HCW) level of knowledge, attitude and practice towards Hospitals acquired infections (HAIs) in Bangladesh. The study was a survey conducted in three randomly selected private hospitals in Dhaka City. The data was collected through a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge and attitude. Observational cheek list was used to evaluate the practice. The study revealed that only 6.2% of the population had excellent knowledge about HAIs, 47.6% of the respondents had good knowledge, and rest of the population had either average or poor knowledge about HAIs. The majority had a good attitude and satisfactory practice. However, 22.4% of the nurses had the unsatisfactory level of practice on HAIs. The study found a highly significant association between the knowledge of the nurses and their practice.