Abstract:
Infection prevention and control (IPC) in a healthcare setting requires a comprehensive,
coordinated program designed to prevent and control nosocomial or healthcare-associated
infections (HAIs).
Objective: To assess knowledge of Midwives Related to Infection Control in Labor Rooms
Methods: A descriptive cross sectional hospital based study’s design was conducted at public
hospitals in Khartoum state, knowledge of midwives was adopted by questionnaire.
Results: The current study revealed that majority (81%) of midwives had unsatisfactory knowledge
regarding infection control measures in labor rooms, regarding methods of sterilization almost
81.5% of midwives said dry heat sterilization however less than half 44.3% of midwives said wet
heat sterilization, Regarding the autoclave sterilization (47.6%, 41.5%, and 39.3%) know have of
equipment that closed or opened, time, temperature that the autoclave used respectively. The
present study explained the knowledge of the midwives about infectious disease (96.6%) of
midwives have known the AIDS as infectious diseases and 85.4% of them known Hepatitis put
less than half (46.3%, 45.4%) of them known Gonorrhea and Syphilis respectively.
Conclusions: The results of this study revealed a need for implementing midwives training about
standard of infection control in labor rooms.
