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Occupationally acquired infections represent an important health issue and exposure to infectious material poses a serious risk to healthcare workers in health care settings. This study was undertaken to screen nursing students regarding their awareness, attitude & behavior towards infectious diseases and occupational hazards and to give recommendations regarding interventions to prevent occupationally acquired infections. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using self-administered questionnaire to a total of 200 nursing students as study population. We found that their awareness about epidemiological characteristics of Infectious diseases & occupational hazards was insufficient. The recommendations to prevent occupational exposure to such infections by the results of this study are continuous education, training about infection control & safe work practices, implementing Standard precautions, Transmission based precautions, PPE, improved availability of resources and immunization against Hepatitis B and other vaccine- preventable diseases.
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