Introduction: Infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication and reactions of host tissues to the infectious agents and toxins they produce. Infection control refers to policies and procedure implemented to control and minimizes the dissemination of infections in hospitals and other health care settings with the purpose of reducing infection rates and improving patient’s progress outcome through these standards. Infection control standards include, hand hygiene, use of PPE equipment’s, aseptic technique, respiratory hygiene, cleaning and disinfection, needle sticks injury prevention and waste disposal. Nurse’s knowledge and practices related to adherence to these protocols play crucial role in health care workers safety and reduce the hospital acquired infections incidences in patients.Material and methods: A quantitative approach with descriptive research design was adopted for 60 study subjects in Guru Gobind Singh Medical Hospital, Faridkot by convenient sampling techniques. A self-structured knowledge questionnaire was selected to assess the knowledge related to practices of infection control standards of study subjects. Results: The study result revealed that 07(11.67%) staff nurses had very good knowledge and 45(75%) staff nurses had good knowledge related to practices of infection control standards. Results showed that statically non-significant association with socio demographic variables.
Infection, infection control standards
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