“KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF STANDARD OPERATINGPROCEDURE ON INFECTION PREVENTION ANDCONTROLOF COVID-19 AMONG ICU NURSES OF KAMRUP (M) ASSAM; A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY”
Authors: Thabah Jecinta , Borgohain Saikia Unmona , Begum Reshma 
Published: October 2021

According to WHO the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID- 19) that was rst reported from Wuhan , China, on 31st
Dec 2019. As we are aware , Covid- 19 is widely spreading across the country rising beyond 4000 positive cases in a day
of the rst wave. In India according to R. Gangakhedar , the head of the epidemiology division at ICMR, said at the press conference on April
20th , 2020 of 80 out of 100 conrmed COVID-19 cases were asymptomatic. It is the responsibility of the staff to ensure that they constantly
maintain a high standard of infection control practice. SOP in infection control means the standard infection control precautions must be used by
all nurses , in all care settings, at all time, for all patients whether infection is known to be present or not but to ensure the safety of those of being
cared for , as well as the staffs and the visitors.
OBJECTIVE1. To assess the knowledge of SOP on infection prevention and control of COVID- 19 among nurses .
2. To evaluate the practice of SOP on infection prevention and control of COVID-19 among nurses.
3. To nd the correlation between the knowledge and practice of SOP on infection prevention and control among nurses .
4. To nd out the association between the knowledge and practice with selected demographic variables ( age, qualication, gender, education,
experience, type of ICU, training attended ) among nurses.
METHODS AND MATERIALS- the research approach adopted for the study was quantitative approach. A descriptive research design was
used in this study to accomplish the objectives using non-probability purposive sampling technique for obtaining adequate sample for the study.
Study was undertaken on 60 ICU nurses in selected hospitals of Kamrup (M) Assam. Participants were selected on the basis of those who fullled
the inclusion criteria. The tool used for the study was structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge, and observation
checklist was used to evaluate the practice of SOP on infection prevention and control of COVID-19 D RESULTS- ata analysis was done by
calculating mean, standard deviation and chi square. In knowledge, the study revealed that out of 60 respondents , majority 38 (63 %) had
moderately adequate knowledge, 14(23%) had inadequate knowledge and 8(14%) had adequate knowledge of Standard Operating Procedure on
infection prevention and control of COVID-19. In practice , the study revealed that out of 60 respondents , majority 51(85%) had moderately
adequate practice and 9 (15%) had adequate practice of Standard Operating Procedure on infection prevention and control of COVID-19.The corelationship between knowledge and practice were 0.331 which was moderately positive correlation. There was signicant association of
knowledge with total years of working experience among nurses working in CTVS, ICCU and post-COVID- 19 ICU and none of the
demographic variables had shown statistically signicant association with level of practice of Standard Operating Procedure on infection
prevention and control of COVID-19 among nurses . - After analyzing the collected data CONCLUSION .This study gives the area to improve
in knowledge of the nurses and practice of ICU nurses regarding SOP on infection prevention and control of COVID-19. Therefore, continual
education to the nurses does go long way in increasing their knowledge and practice to prevent infection which can help in controlling the rate of
Hospital acquired infections .