Knowledge and attitude about infection control in dental practice among dental undergraduate students in Davangere city: A cross sectional survey (original) (raw)

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Infection Control Among Dental Students at College of Dentistry - Hawler Medical University

Govarî Hewlêr bo-zanistî pizîşkî didan/Erbil dental journal, 2024

Background: Infections acquired in healthcare facilities have become an increasingly challenging issue worldwide. The prevention of infectious diseases is a critical issue since healthcare workers develop acquired infections while providing services to patients. However, infection prevention and control are challenging, especially in healthcare facilities. Objective: To asses knowledge, attitude and practice of cross infection control among dental students at the College of Dentistry, Hawler Medical University. Material and Method: A survey was conducted to obtain information regarding knowledge, attitude, and practice with recommended infection control guidelines. The questionnaire contained three parts (knowledge, attitude, and practice) and was distributed to the participants. Result: Total number of participants was 135, (73) 5th year dental students, and (62) 4th year, the mean age of participants was (20-23) years, 96 % had correct knowledge about infection control, 93 % had a correct practice, but unfortunately 48 % had low attitude. Conclusion: The majority of dental students had a good knowledge and correct practice, but less about their attitude in infection control. Therefore, regular training that contain educational program should be supported to maintain the highest level of attitude.

Knowledge on Infection Prevention and Control Among Students in Universitas Padjadjaran Dental Hospital

ODONTO : Dental Journal

Background: Dentist is one of the professions that are vulnerable to the transmission of infectious diseases there is hence it requires proper infection control. The educational hospital is responsible for carrying out infection control training that includes appropriate standard precautions for dental students before carrying out educational activities in the hospital so that students are ready to treat patients. This study aims to determine the knowledge of interns and residents at Universitas Padjadjaran Dental Hospital on infection prevention and control. Method: This is a quantitative descriptive study with a cross-sectional approach using data from the training section of Universitas Padjadjaran Dental Hospital from August 2020 to February 2021. Determination of the number of samples taken using the Isaac and Michael formula and using a proportionate stratified random sampling technique. Result: The average value of interns and residents are the same, which is 71, seen also from the average percentage of those who answered correctly on the questionnaire which showed similar results between interns and residents. Conclusion: Knowledge on infection prevention and control among interns and residents are the same, with knowledge classified in the sufficient category.

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Among Dental Students and House Officers Regarding Infection Control in Clinical Settings

International Journal of Pharmacy, 2014

The rational of this study was to determine the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice in regard to standards isolation, precautions among dentistry students in different dental colleges of Karachi so that steps could be taken to enhance the standards of dental practice and reduces the probabilities of cross infection. The main objective of the study was to determine Knowledge, Attitude and Practices in regard to infection control related precautions among the dental students and house officers in the dental colleges of Karachi and to find out association between KMDC (Karachi Medical & Dental College) and other dental colleges for dental hygiene practices. The study has been conducted in five dental collages of Karachi, 409 students of third year, final year and internees were recruited to solve the questionnaire for the duration of December 2011 to January 2012. Sample size is determined, based upon WHO criteria and the statistical analysis was performed for mean, standard deviation and age ranges. Chi Sq. was applied to determine the significance at P value <0.05. Findings of study revealed that majority of students are female in dental colleges of Karachi, among them, 77.70% believe that rate of transmission of Hepatitis-B is high while 12.30% rated AIDS as the highly transmissible infection. During the practice or trainings 24% of students and interns use goggles while 72% use detergents/antiseptics to wash their hands and 8% do not bend the needles after use. Pre dental examinations washing of hands were lacks by 5% of students and internees while almost same proportion (5%) do not get vaccination against Hepatitis-B infection. The study reveals that, it is quite evident that most of the students and internees have good knowledge of infection control in the dental clinics and also using personal procreative equipments. They are practicing the standard infection control methods. The attitude towards infection control was a little poor in some of the respondent. A large number of the respondent did not use goggles for droplet splash in the dental clinic and no significant association was found between KMDC and other dental colleges regarding dental hygiene practices.

Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Practitioners in Ta-briz Regarding Infection Control Procedures

Journal of dental research, dental clinics, dental prospects, 2007

Blood-borne infections such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV might be transmitted from one individual to another during dental procedures. Therefore, sterilization and personal protection procedures are of utmost significance in dental offices. The importance of awareness of cross-infection and antiseptic principles lies in the fact that in most cases it is not possible to identify patients with hepatitis or AIDS. The aim of the present study was to evaluate awareness of infection control procedures among dental practitioners in Tabriz. In this descriptive study, 150 dental practitioners working in clinics and pri-vate offices of Tabriz were randomly selected. Data was collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire, which included respondents' personal profile and questions on infection control and sterilization methods. There were no statistically significant differences in the level of knowledge between male and female dental practitioners regarding infection contr...

Awareness Regarding Practices Related to Infection Control among Dental Students in Patna City

International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research [IJCMR], 2019

Introduction: Cross infection control practice is essential to protect both the patient and the dentist from blood and saliva borne infectious agents, including hepatitis B, C and HIV by direct contact with contaminated instruments, fabrics and also by aerosols. Study aimed to assess the awareness regarding practices related to infection control among dental student in Patna city. Material and Methods: This was a cross sectional study which was carried out in one of the dental teaching institutions in Patna City. The subjects comprised of 180 dental students. The study subjects were third year; final year and Intern students which were selected using convenience sampling technique. Their knowledge pertaining to infection control practices were assessed using a pretested self administered questionnaire. The questionnaire collected information on socio demographic characteristics, and knowledge regarding infection control practices. Data were analyzed using SPSS software v20. Frequency distribution analysis and Chi sq tests were performed. p value<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The dental student had adequate knowledge regarding personal protective measures and cross infection control but improvement was needed in areas of biomedical waste handling and disposal. Conclusion: A dental surgeon must take adequate protection to prevent spread of harmful disease to self and other patients. Consequently inter-appointment disinfection of clinic surfaces is required to reduce the cross infection hazard.

Awareness, Knowledge, and Attitude of Dental Students toward Infection Control in Prosthodontic Clinic of a Dental School in India

Background: Infection control practices are crucial and important elements in clinical dentistry as there is an increase in the prevalence of infectious diseases among dental patients. This necessitates the application of recommended procedures for infection control in dental schools and clinics. Objectives: The aim is to evaluate the awareness, knowledge, and attitude of the undergraduate dental students toward infection control measures in the prosthodontic clinic and to assess their satisfaction toward applying these measures during prosthodontic treatment. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire-based study was conducted among 180 third, fourth and fifth year dental students (119 females and 61 males) in November 2015 in a private dental school of Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), India. It included 25 close-ended questions related to vaccination status and previous sharp injuries, awareness, knowledge, and attitude toward infection control in the prosthodontic clinic, previous education about infection control, and subjects' satisfaction with their knowledge and attitude. The questionnaire was distributed among 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th year students and informed consent were obtained before commencing the questionnaire. Results: A total of 180 participants responded to the questionnaire. Their perception toward infection control practices in the prosthodontic clinic varied from 14.4% to 100%, where former were regularly disinfecting dental cast before sending it to the laboratory and later ones were regularly using gloves while attending the patient. Most of the subjects responded " good " or " fair " to the questions related to the evaluation of their knowledge and policy implementation of infection control in prosthodontic clinic (P < 0.0001). Around 47.8% were almost satisfied, and 28.9% were fairly satisfied with their knowledge and performance. Conclusions: The study findings showed inadequate attitude and awareness of subjects toward infection control in prosthodontic practice. Their self-assessment and satisfaction reflect their performance toward infection control policy. surfaces or contact with airborne contaminants. In dental clinics, dentists are often exposed to patient's blood and blood-contaminated saliva during dental procedures increasing the chances of transmission of

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Personal Protective Measures Adapted by Dental Practitioners in Agra City - A Cross Infection Control Measure

2014

Introduction: CDC (Center for Disease Control & prevention), who proposed Universal Precautions, states that "Treat each patient as potentially risk". Therefore, it is our basic responsibility to control the spread of such devastating diseases by following infection control measures. Aims & Objectives: To assess the various personal protective measures adapted by dental practitioners in Agra city and to know how many dentists are vaccinated against Hepatitis B for prevention of the spread of this disease. Materials and Methods: The study included response using questionnaire from 150 dental practitioners from Agra city, chosen by random sampling. Questions were related to their personal protective measures employed by the dental practitioners and information about their prophylaxis against Hepatitis B was also obtained. Results: Among the dental practitioners, 80% were males. Approximately 82% of the dental practitioners were vaccinated against HBV. Only 6% followed the CDC recommendations for hand washing practices, and about 64% dental practitioners gave wrong answers related to droplet infection. Conclusion: Lack of awareness regarding universal precautions proposed by CDC is observed among dental practitioners. There is a great need for creating awareness among dental practitioners.

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Concerning Infection Control Measures Among Dental Health Care Providers of Dow University of Health Sciences

2014

A cross sectional study was conducted among dental students of Dow International Dental College (DUHS) to find out their level of knowledge, attitude, and practice about infection control measures. If any significant linear correlation was present between the knowledge, attitudes and practice, their scores were observed. Statistical analyses for knowledge, attitude and practice descriptive statistics were computed using the SPSS software for Windows version 17. ANOVA was used to calculate p-value of knowledge, attitudes, and practice values. Pearson's test was used to compute the correlation among knowledge, attitudes, and practice scores. A p value of ≤0.05 was considered to be significant for all statistical analyses. Mean scores of knowledge, attitudes, and practice were 9.66 (1.38), 6.98 (1.36), and 10.16 (1.42) respectively. Significant differences between the study groups were noticed for means of practice scores (≤0.01) and significant linear correlation was observed between knowledge and practice scores (p≤0.01). Among knowledge-attitude and attitude-practice scores no differences were seen. The knowledge and attitude of dental students about cross infection control is enhancing but there is still some room for developing a firm attitude. This attitude can be improved by refreshing and upgrading their knowledge by obtaining continues education regarding universal infection control measures through arranging sessions or lectures for students of each professional year and keeping all the vaccination especially Hepatitis B mandatory for students prior to take admission in any dental institution.

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Infection Control among Dental Students at Sana'a University, Yemen

The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding infection control procedures among senior dental students. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 145 4(th)- and 5(th)-year dental students at the Faculty of Dentistry, Sana'a University, Yemen. The self-administered questionnaire was comprised of 20 open- and close-ended items regarding barrier techniques, vaccination status, infection control practices, and awareness. Data were analyzed with a Chi-square test. A P ≤ 0.05 was considered significant. The response rate was 72% (145 out of 204 potential respondents). Overall, 71.7% of the students had been vaccinated for hepatitis B and only 9.5% were tested for post-hepatitis B virus immunization serology. While the vast majority (96.6%) reported always wearing gloves for all dental procedures, the use of face masks and eyewear were reported by only 53.8% and 14.0% of students, respectively, with no significant difference...

Infection Control Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Students of Public Dental Schools in Egypt

2021

In developing countries such as Egypt, the risk of blood-borne diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus is high for healthcare workers. To evaluate infection control knowledge, attitudes and practices, as well as the associated risk of percutaneous infection among dental students, a cross-sectional study was conducted in four Egyptian public dental schools in 2016. A total of 1776 students received an anonymous questionnaire on infection control knowledge, attitudes, and practices and the occurrence of needle and sharps injuries; 1067 (60.1%) completed the questionnaire. Third- (pre-clinical), fourth- (junior-clinical), and fifth-year (senior-clinical) students comprised 44.2%, 15.6%, and 40.2%, respectively. Although the majority of the students reported good attitudes and practices for infection control, knowledge scores were generally low. Female students scored higher on self-protection and sterilization practices than did male stud...