Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Hospital Admin istration and Chief Medical Officers about Nosocomial Infections and Hand Hyiegen

Nosocomial infections have increasingly resulted in unwanted side- effects and death and the patients should bear high treating costs. This research has been done to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of Hospital Administration and Chief medical officers about Nosocomial Infections Control and ha nd hyiegne in Imam Hossein Hospital of Tehran in 2013. This KAP study was conducted among 40 Hospital Admi nistration and Chief medical officers in Imam Hossein. Three world health organization questionnaires and checklist was used to collect the Knowledge, Attitu de, and Practice data from them. Data was entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 17.Of the 40 Hospital Administration and Chief medical officers, 25 (62.5%) were female and 15 (37.5%) were male. The mean age (±SD) of participants was 44.5 ± 7.3 years. The small number of participantes could identify correct answer of knowldege questions. More than 80% had positive attitude towards nosocomial infections control and hand hyegine. Overall, based on the questionare and check list their practice about Nosocomial Infections Control and hand hyiegne in hospital wasnot suitable. The limited knowledge and unsuitable practice of most Hospital Administration and Chief medical officers regarding Nosocomial Infecti ons Control and hand hyiegne was observed. So paying more attention by authorities to this spe cific topic is essential in order to apply the necessary actions and implementation of WHO protoco ls.