Table 2 Multivariate logistic (1 and 3) and linear (2) regression models results

Model 1. Knowledge that urinary and respiratory tract infections are the two most common HAIs

Log likelihood=-311.3, χ² = 12.35 (4 df), p = 0.0195

Educational level

   Primary/Secondary school*

   Baccalaureate degree/Graduate degree

   Registered nurse diploma

Nurses with a higher perception of risk of transmitting an infectious disease while working

Number of hospital beds

Model 3. Performing appropriate antisepsis of the surgical wound and washing hands before and after medication

Log likelihood=-260.17, χ² = 26.31 (7 df), p = 0.0004

Educational level

   Primary/Secondary school*

   Baccalaureate degree/Graduate degree

Nurses with a higher perception of risk of transmitting an infectious disease while working

Nurses working in medical ward

Head nurses

Nurses who do not know that non appropriate disinfection increases HCWs' risk of transmitting infectious disease

Nurses who need additional information about disinfection procedures

Variable

Model 2. Positive attitude towards the utility of guidelines/protocols for disinfection procedures

F (5,52) = 5.45, p = 0.0001, R² = 4.97%, adjusted R² = 4.06%

Female nurses

Nurses with a lower number of years in practice

Nurses who need additional information about disinfection procedures

Nurses who know that non appropriate disinfection increases HCWs' risk of getting and transmitting infectious disease

Educational level

   Primary/Secondary school*

   Baccalaureate degree/Graduate degree

Constant