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The aim is to assess nursing students' understanding of healthcare-associated infection prevention and identify factors influencing knowledge levels.

July 23, 2026DiseasesOpen Access

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Compliance About Infection Prevention and Control in Nursing Students: A Systematic Review

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Systematic review evaluates nursing students' knowledge of infection prevention, indicating education needs for improvement.

The aim is to assess nursing students' understanding of healthcare-associated infection prevention and identify factors influencing knowledge levels.
Systematic review conducted following Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and PRISMA guidelines.
Data sourced from MEDLINE (PubMed), CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science.
Included observational studies on nursing students' knowledge of hand hygiene, standard precautions, and infection prevention.
52 studies involving 13,912 nursing students were included.
Majority focused on hand hygiene, with WHO Five Moments for Hand Hygiene as the primary assessment tool.
Higher knowledge and compliance were linked to advanced academic year and prior training, despite design and quality variability among studies.

Maya-Martínez et al. (2026) studied this question.

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