Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) are a major setback to any organization be it in Medicine or in Dentistry. Cross infection makes infection control practices important for health care personal's to protect both patient as well as themselves. Hence, healthcare workers must know & implement standard infection control procedures & dispose biomedical waste properly for their own protection,for protecting patients & also to improve organization of work. Effective implementation of infection control procedures and adherence to standard precautions are challenging especially in resource-limited settings.