Assessment of the Level of Attentiveness towards Policies of Infection Control among Medical Staff? at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Makkha-Saudi Arabia

Background Awareness about policies and procedures of infection control require to be strongly esteemed by all the health care providers, despite the fact that decisive staff expansion in the anticipation and spread communicable diseases. Objective To assess the level of attentiveness towards policies among medical staff at the King Abdul-Aziz University-Saudi Arabia. Method A cross-sectional survey was conducted at King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia. A 28item self-administered questionnaire was provided to 100 medical staff in the research setting based on their area of their medical specialties to assess their level of attentiveness towards policies among medical staff at the King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Makkha-Saudi Arabia. Results Approximately more two third (78.0 %) of the respondents were had a high level of attentiveness towards the policies of communicable diseases with statistically significantly difference. While, less than one third of the participants (20.0 %) were not attentiveness towards the policies of infection control. Conclusions The current study results revealed that there were a high levels of attentiveness towards the policies of communicable diseases among medical staff within the study setting.