Abstract
The primary objective of this study is to assess employee awareness of hospital-acquired infection control in Lifeline Multi-Speciality Hospital, Chennai. The secondary objectives are to analyze the awareness of employees on the importance of barrier techniques like hand washing, wearing of gloves, wearing of a mask, eye protection, wearing of the gown, and to evaluate the knowledge of isolation of infected patients. This study also aims to assess the method of sterilizing the equipment which is used for patients in Lifeline Multi-Speciality Hospital and to understand the most preferred method among the nurses for self-protection from hospital-acquired infections Medical clinic – Acquired Infections have been found to influence between 5-10 percent of emergency clinic patients and the changing conveyance of medicinal services administrations is probably going to affect further on the nature and cost of HAI. From one viewpoint, the expanding employment of same-day medical procedures is the pattern for shorter lengths of clinic pathogens and obtrusive gadgets. So this investigation is to improve the information level among the staff and the executive's representatives.
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