A Study to Assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Health Workers Regarding Nosocomial Infection at Selected Hospitals of Birtamode Municipality, Jhapa

Introduction: A nosocomial infection is “an infection acquired in the hospital by a patient
who was admitted for a reason other than that infection” (WHO). It is necessary to prevent
the infection in order to reduce its impact on morbidity and mortality in patients. The aim
of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of health workers regarding
nosocomial infection in selected hospitals in Birtamode Municipality, Jhapa.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 198 individual health workers
from selected hospitals in Birtamode Municipality through a multistage sampling
technique. Knowledge, attitude, and practice of health workers regarding nosocomial
infection were assessed with a validated, self-administered, pre-structured questionnaire.
Statistical Package of Social Science version 23 was used to analyze the data, and the Chisquare test was applied to identify the association of dependent variables with independent
variables.
Results: 198 health workers with a 100% response rate participated in the study. It was
found that 76.8% had good knowledge, 75.3% had a positive attitude, and 97% had good
practice regarding nosocomial infection transmission, prevention, and control during
health care delivery in selected hospitals in Birtamode Municipality. There was a
significant association between health workers’ knowledge and their working department,
attitude and their working department, as well as working hours per week, practice, and
their working department, with a p-value less than 0.05.
Conclusions: The knowledge, attitude, and practice of health workers regarding
nosocomial infection were adequate while delivering health care services in selected
hospitals in Birtamode Municipality.