ASSESSMENT OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS’ KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES ON PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION AT KIBOGORA DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN 2022

Abstract

Nosocomial infections significantly increase morbidity and mortality, prolong hospital stay, and healthcare costs (Rejeb et al., 2019), particularly in Africa where it reached to more than 50% in some hospitalized patients (Mbim et al., 2016).