Abstract
Objective: To find out how well Saudi Arabian health care workers followed infection control guidelines and determine whether there is a any relationship between the biographic profile of health care staff and their degree of compliance with infection control.Methodology: This descriptive-correlation study was conducted on health care workers from different Saudi Arabian hospitals. The study used a three-point Likert scale, and the rating scales used were "3" to indicate always, "2" to indicate sometimes, while "1" was used to indicate never.Results: Of 180 respondents, 62.8% were young adults, 73.3% were males, 68.3% were doctoral degree holders, 66.1% were licensed medical doctors, and 39.4% were advanced beginners. Saudi health care workers had an overall level of "high compliance" (mean = 2.29). Chi-square test of independence (r2) revealed a statistically significant relationship between compliance to infection control practices and the following variables: age (p = 0.0100), gender (p = 0.0177), educational attainment (p = 0.0001), and profession (p < 0.0001).Conclusion: In Saudi Arabia, health care staff generally follows infection control procedures. Moreover, biographic profiles were significantly associated with the degree of infection prevention practice compliance by health care staff.