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For the purpose of assessing the performance competency of the operating room nurses in Baghdad’shospitals, a descriptive study has been conducted from from 13th of December 2020 through 13 March 2020.The settings of the performed study were Al-Kindey hospital, Al-Yarmouk Hospital,, Baghdad teachinghospital in Baghdad city, For the study of (50) nurses who have been working definitely in the operatingroom in these hospitals, a purposeful sample has been selected.For the study purpose, a special tool has been developed which has been used for data collection. There arethree part compromising this tool which are dealing with performance of the nurse, demographic data, andaffordability of equipment and supplies in the operating room.A number of highly qualified experts have been asked to assess the validity of the questionnaire, where theyconfirmed its validity. As for the questionnaire’s legitimacy; it was specified according to the statisticallyacceptable person correlation coefficient of (r= 92).Data has been analyzed by using analysis of descriptive data (frequencies, percentages) and inferential dataanalysis (SPSS, 23).According to the conclusions that have been revealed by study, graduates from universities and institutes hadshowed a better practices performance than graduates from primary and secondary level.The study also indicate that scrub nurse practices in some domains were satisfactory (rehearsal of scrubnurses prior to actually entering OR, wearing operating clothes and gloves, draping and sheeting) andinadequate in some fields (practices concerned with surgical preparation, surgical hand scrub, antiseptic andtechnique and surgical instruments)).In the study between sexes, a non-significant variation illustrate years of experience in relation to the nurses’training sessions in OR.The investigation suggested that all nurses ought to circulate strategies to the staff concerning this issue;composed arrangements for the OR practice can be shared to the health-care providers for better execution,and supplies to hospitals such as antiseptic hand scrub strategies that inhibit pathogenic microorganismgrowth.