Knowledge and practices of nurses regarding spread of nosocomial infection ingovernment hospitals, Lahore

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Nosocomial infection, also called hospital acquired infection occur in patient who are admitted in Hospital for a long or short period of time for some therapeutic or diagnostic purposes yet patient have no evidence of infection before admission in hospital. The pathogenic organism of nosocomial infection may be bacterial, viral, contagious and parasitic those are found in the air, within utensils; may spread from one person to another person