{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,9]],"date-time":"2026-06-09T15:25:50Z","timestamp":1781018750449,"version":"3.54.1"},"reference-count":39,"publisher":"Frontiers Media SA","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,17]],"date-time":"2026-02-17T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1771286400000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["frontiersin.org"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Front. Public Health"],"abstract":"\n Background<\/jats:title>\n Hemodialysis, as one of the main alternative treatment methods for end-stage renal disease, has received much attention in recent years. Due to the particularity of hemodialysis treatment, patients have a relatively high risk of infection during the treatment process. Hemodialysis nurses, who are the main executors of the treatment operations and have the most contact with patients, have a close relationship with the infection risk of patients. The level of their hospital infection prevention and control literacy is closely related to the infection risk of patients.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To explore the current level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of hospital infection prevention and control among haemodialysis nurses in the Sichuan Province, China, and identified their potential categories. This provided evidence-based recommendations for improving infection control management in hemodialysis departments.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n A cross-sectional study was conducted From July 15 to August 15, 2025 using a convenience sampling method to survey 470 hemodialysis nurses from 78 hospitals in Sichuan Province. Participants were licensed nurses with over 3\u202fmonths of hemodialysis experience. Data were collected using the\n General Information Questionnaire<\/jats:italic>\n , the\n Haemodialysis Nurses\u2019 KAP Questionnaire on Hospital Infection Prevention and Control<\/jats:italic>\n (48 items), the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-9 (UWES-9) (9 items), and the\n Organizational Support Scale<\/jats:italic>\n (12 items). Rigorous online data quality control measures were implemented, including IP duplication checks and response time validation. The latent potential profile (LPA) was used to analyze the current level of KAP of hospital infection prevention and control among haemodialysis nurses, and binary Logistic analysis was employed to identify the influencing factors.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n A total of 460 valid questionnaires were collected, with an effective response rate of 97.87%. The average scores for knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to hospital infection prevention and control among haemodialysis nurses were 4.67\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.43, 4.59\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.43, and 4.74\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.34, respectively. Three latent profile models were constructed, with the two-class model identified as the optimal solution, which were defined as the \u201cLow KAP Group\u201d (25.9%) and \u201cHigh KAP Group\u201d (74.1%). Logistic regression analysis revealed that sex, responsibility for infection control, hospital level, annual number of infection control training sessions, organizational support, and work engagement were significant influencing factors (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f&lt;0.05).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n The KAP level of haemodialysis nurses in hospital infection prevention and control was relatively high. Hospital managers should tailor supportive work environments on the basis of the individual characteristics and work engagement of haemodialysis nurses to improve the KAP level of nosocomial infection prevention and control among haemodialysis nurses.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2026.1734891","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,17]],"date-time":"2026-02-17T17:41:56Z","timestamp":1771350116000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Latent profile analysis of knowledge, attitude and practice of hospital infection prevention and control among haemodialysis nurses in Sichuan, China: a multicenter study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Li","family":"He","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hemodialysis Center, Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University\/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan 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