title: Survey on adoption of measures to prevent nosocomial infection by anaesthesia personnel.
abstract: To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of anaesthesia personnel regarding infection control in hospitals, a questionnaire was distributed to anaesthesiology personnel of different educational levels in the hospitals of southern Islamic Republic of Iran. Chi-squared significance, Fisher exact and Spearman rho correlation coefficient tests were used to analyse the responses. The results suggest that measures to prevent infection transmission during anaesthesia are inadequate in our hospitals. The implementation of adequate measures to control infection was significantly associated with respondents' beliefs as to whether anaesthesia can cause infection in anaesthesia personnel and/or patients. Increasing the knowledge base of anaesthesia personnel and raising their awareness as to the risk of infection are necessary to improve infection control procedures by anaesthesia personnel.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Askarian
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ghavanini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015984:Causality; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D004522:Educational Status; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires