eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Public Health Research 2327-6703 2023-11-10 11 5 167 173 10.12691/ajphr-11-5-3 AJPHR20231153 article Hanan Elzeblawy Hassan nona_nano_1712@yahoo.com 1 Mona Moawad Mohamed 2 Asmaa Salah Eldin Mohamed Saleh 3 Amal Abelazyeem Mohamed 3 Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University, Egypt Nursing Specialist Beni-Suef University, Egypt Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University, Egypt Background: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology emphasized on the use of aseptic technique during all aspects of parenteral medication administration, medication vial use, injections, and glucose monitoring procedures to patient stations in hemodialysis settings and the use of medication in a syringe for more than one patient even if the needle is changed between patients. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess hemodialysis nursing staffs' knowledge and preventive measures practices regarding elderly viral hepatitis C and Bat Beni-Suef hemodialysis units. Setting: The study was carried out in two hemodialysis units at Beni-Suef University Hospital and Elwasta General Hospital in Beni-Suef Governorate. Subjects: A convenient sample of 76 hemodialysis nurses. Results: About 55.3% of the dialysis nurses have fair level of total knowledge about viral hepatitis B & C for elderly patients in the dialysis units, while 32.9% & 11.8% of had good and poor total knowledge, respectively. Moreover, 53% of the dialysis nurses have incompetent level regarding practices towards viral hepatitis B & C for the elderly patients in the dialysis units, while 47% of them have competent level of practices. There is highly significant positive correlation between dialysis nurses' knowledge and their practices towards viral hepatitis B & C for the elderly patients in the dialysis units (P=<0.01). Conclusion: There are statistically significant relation between dialysis nurses' knowledge and practices, as well, and their training program for improving nursing skills and participate in educational lectures before, their years of experience in nursing field, the opportunity to view the courses and medical journals and participate in scientific conferences for dialysis and kidney disease during the last 5 years. Recommendations: Modification of the ongoing training program regarding infection control to be more applied to hemodialysis units. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajphr/11/5/3/ajphr-11-5-3.pdf elderly hemodialysis nurses' knowledge preventive measures