ABSTRACT
Background and Aims: Hospital infection is on of the most important problems which is considered by health care centers. In one hand interventioal methods saved people's lives in recent years but on the other hand a lot of resistent nosocomial infections caused numerous deaths.The purpose of this study was to Evaluate of the level of infection control among nurses in Vasei Hospital of Sabzevar
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study includes 78 nurses working in surgical wards in teaching hospitals in Sabzevar in 2012. Conduct and practice of infection prevention workers investigated through questionnaires and ckecklists by self-reported method. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics
Results: The average age of nurses was 89/4 +/- 43/30 years old. 7/50% of the performance of standard precautions and proper hand washing and the performance was good
Conclusion: According to research findings based on limited performance and training needs, more attention is necessary to provide conditions to promote nurse's knowledge about infection control