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Background: Nurses are the health care professional whose duty it is to protect patients from acquiring infection while in health care hospitalized or while in a health care set up. By maintaining an infection free environment, the patient`s recovery will be promoted and high-quality nursing care will be delivered. Nurses spend most of their time with patients. Therefore, they should have a good level of understanding of the knowledge, attitudes and practices in infection prevention and control in health care setups. As these infections occur during hospital stay, they cause prolonged stay, disability, and economic burden. Objectives: To assess the knowledge of staff nurse regarding Nosocomial Infection & its prevention among staff nurses in selected hospital at Shahjahanpur. Material and Methods: Quantitative research approach (Cross-sectional descriptive research design) was adopted for the study. Convenient sampling technique was used for data collection and sample size was 50. Tools used for data collection were self structured knowledge questionnaire and sample characteristic. Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics by SPSS- 20. Results: The result of the study revealed that Majority 60% of the participants were having adequate knowledge and 40 % of the participants were having moderate knowledge regarding nosocomial infection and its prevention.