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Infection prevention and control is important for the improvement of quality care in hospital.This study aimed to identify risk associated with infection control, and to determine whichinfection control measures are available at Butiru Chrisco hospital and how these measuresare put to use by the staff working in the hospital. This descriptive cross-sectional study wasconducted at Butiru Chrisco hospital in Manafwa District. The study involved 100respondents who were staff employed by Butiru Chrisco hospital. With different educationalstandards, awareness of infection control was assessed through a structured questionnairethat was administered to those who consented to participate. Random sampling was done on10 staff, this helped correct the questionnaire making it suitable for the study but the resultswere not included in this study. The study revealed that out of 100 respondents, 72(72%)were nurses, 60(60%) were females and 78(78%) had been employed by the hospital for lessthan four years. Half 50(50%) revealed that airborne infections are the commonest infectionsin the hospital. The study also reveals that more than 80% reported positive response toinfection control tasks with 80(80%) agreeing that practice of infection control reduceslikelihood of infection spread to patients. From the study, it was concluded that, there ismoderate awareness of infection control with more than half of the respondents havingpositive ideas about infection control and use of available measures like glove, apron, andhand washing. However, practice and compliance with standard precautions was less thanoptimal. The researcher recommends continuous health visits by ministry of health (MOH)of Uganda to the hospital and evaluation of the practices to ensure that the health workerspractice infection control following the standard guidelines. Also, hand washing or use ofhand sanitizers with alcohol or other antiseptics as a measure of disinfecting the handsbefore or after handling a patient is encouraged