Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) among Health Care Professionals Working in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is a common healthcare-related infection occurring in patients admitted for various ailments. Approximately 80% of hospital acquired Infections (UTIs) are catheter associated. The purpose the current research was to find out level knowledge, attitude and practice on prevention CAUTI among healthcare professionals working tertiary care hospital. A descriptive study done 95 health Chennai. researchers administered standard questionnaire statistically explored attitude, levels about participants. Among participants, 28.4% 71.6% individuals had moderately adequate knowledge CAUTI. About 4.2% participants unfavourable, 88.4% favourable 7.4% towards 95.8% There significant correlation between practice. professional experience showed association with demographic variables. In our present study, we found that Medical education programs, frequent auditing checklist must be conducted maintain achieved levels.