A study to assess the knowledge on infection prevention and practices among icu staffs in sree balaji medical college and hospital, chennai

Nurses are responsible for providing medications, dressing, sterilization, and disinfection. They are involved in more contact with patients than any other health care workers (HCWs). Therefore, they are more exposed to various nosocomial infections

Nosocomial infections contributes greatly to morbidity, mortality and often length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) with enormous additional costs by patients and their families. (John, 1999)

In an intensive care unit, people are crowded and health care workers are frantically running from patient to patient. Have washing might not be adhered to assiduously enough. Health care working going from a wound site to an intravenous catheter without washing their hands can trigger infection among many patients. (WENZEL, 1990)

Infection control involves hand hygiene, standard and transmission-based precautions and care bundles for urinary tract infections, central line infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Even with advances in the health care system, the threat of hospital-acquired infections remains. Not all HAIs can be prevented; however, evidence suggests that one-third to one-half of HAIs can be prevented Hospital administrators should strive to create an organizational atmosphere in which adherence to recommended infection control practices is considered to be an integral part of providing high-quality care. For this approach to be successful, hospitals must provide visible support and sufficient resources, such as continuous education programs.