Knowledge and practice of catheter-related urinary tract infection prevention and its associated factors among nurses working at public hospitals, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia: Cross-sectional survey.

Background: Catheter associated urinary tract infection is the most common nosocomial infection that is associated with serious systemic infections that imply prolonged hospital stay, financial costs for hospitalization, and increased morbidity, and mortality. There is a dearth of evidence related to nurse's knowledge and practice of catheter associated urinary tract infection prevention in Oromia, Ethiopia. Determining the nurse's knowledge and preventive practice of catheter associated urinary tract infections and their associated factors is important for developing strategies of its prevention.