Assessment of infection control practices in teaching hospitals of quetta

Objective: to identify the gaps in infection control and prevention practices in teaching hospitals. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted at bolan medical complex and sandeman medical college hospital,quetta,from august 2012 to january 2013.the study comprised members (n=7) of infection control committee who were interviewed through a self-developed,closed-ended questionnaire and their perception regarding infection control and prevention was recorded. data was analysed using spss 16. results: only 3(42.9%) of the committee members believed that the administrative factors for causing hospital-acquired infections were nurse-patient ratio. on the patient care side,1(14.3%) participants at one of the hospitals attributed infections to antibiotic use,5(71.4%) to invasive medical device and 1(14.3%) to other factors. conclusion: poor perception held by the members of infection control committee was the basic cause of bad outcome. capacity-building of all the stakeholders is required. © 2016,pakistan medical association. all rights reserved.