[Knowledge of disinfection practices and behaviour of the nursing staff at a hospital]

The authors have carried a study on the knowledge of disinfection practices and the behaviour in operating room in order to control and prevent nosocomial infections. It is necessary for high percent of head nurses and nurses to have guidelines for the disinfection/sterilization procedures with the aim to avoid infections, but a large number of subjects don't know the correct procedures. The knowledge of a correct behaviour in the operating room is greater, although many of nursing staff don't wear the overshoes and the protective glasses. The statistical analysis show that nurses and the subjects with high degree have a greater knowledge of problems. It is important the planning of training and retraining courses directed to the improvement of technical knowledge and behaviour.