Workplace health and safety is a critical element in every organization particularly in the healthcare settings.
Infection is one of the most important challenges in the healthcare facilities worldwide. It constituted the morbidity and mortality among the exposed groups.
All individuals particularly HCPs are potentially at high risk of infection due to their frequent exposure to body fluids. Lack of proper protective devices and the absence of enabling working environment lead to poor compliance of safety precautions. Hospital-acquired infections are the main problems associated with the healthcare services and currently, more than 1.4 million people are suffering from hospital-acquired infections worldwide and the risk is 2–20 times higher among the developing countries. With the advent of pandemic like COVID-19, practice of infection control measures have become essential. Staffs working in the hospital are the first point of contact with the patients and precautionary measures are of utmost importance. The more skilled they are in infection control, the lesser are their chances to spread diseases unintentionall.
