Dr. Indris, Semira (MD, consultant anesthesiologist)Dr. Alferid, Fetiya (MD, consultant anesthesiologist)Mahmud, Mohammed2021-04-082023-11-052021-04-082023-11-052020-12http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/25991Background: Hand hygiene is an important measure that can be taken by the anesthesia providers to prevent and control infection in the operating room. The identification of several risk factors associated with poor hand hygiene compliance is also of extreme importance. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge, practice of hand hygiene and the associated factors with the non-compliance of hand hygiene among anesthesia providers working at TASH operating rooms. Method: Institutional based cross-sectional study design was used. The study was conducted at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital which is found in Addis Ababa Arada sub city. The study population were all Anesthesia providers working in TASH operating rooms and data was collected using self-administered questionnaire from all Anesthesia providers and the data was entered and analysed using SPSS version 26. Results: A Total of 101 study participants filled the questionnaires with a response rate of 100%. The overall assessment of knowledge showed that the majority (60.4%) of the respondents had good knowledge where as 39.6% of the respondents had poor knowledge regarding hand hygiene. Regarding the practice of HH, it was found out that 35.6% of the respondents had good practice while 64.4% of the respondents had poor practice of hand hygiene. Among the identified factors for non-compliance to HH, it was found out that 78.2% of the respondents mentioned that being too busy was the most important factor for being non-compliant to HH. Conclusions: The overall hand hygiene compliance among the anesthesia providers working in TASH were found to be poor even though their overall knowledge level was found to be above average.en-USKnowledge, Practice, hand hygieneThesis