KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE TOWARDS HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS PREVENTION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG NURSES’ WORKING AT UNIVERSITY REFERRAL HOSPITALS IN SOUTHERN NATIONS NATIONALITYIES AND PEOPLES’ REGION, ETHIOPIA 2021.

Abstract

ABSTRACT Introduction: Hospital acquired infection is higher in low- and middle-income countries because of inadequate knowledge of hospital acquired infection prevention and poor adherence to standard infection prevention practices. Objective: To assess knowledge, practice towards hospital acquired infections prevention and associated factors among nurses working at University referral Hospital in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia 2021. Methods: A facility based cross-sectional study was conducted among 423 randomly selected nurses working at University Referral Hospitals in Southern, Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia from April 01-30/2021. Data was collected by self administer questionnaires. Multivariable binary logistic regressions were used to assess the association between the outcome variables and explanatory variables. The adjusted odds ratio was calculated and variables with p-value less than or equal to 0.05 at 95% confidence interval were declared as statistically significant. Results: The study found that 45.5%