Practice and Knowledge of Infection Control Protocol among Dental Personnel

Zaib, Nadia and Umer, Naila and Aamer, Sidra and Abbass, Sabeen and Masood, Rabia (2014) Practice and Knowledge of Infection Control Protocol among Dental Personnel. INFECTIOUS DISEASES JOURNAL, 23 (1). pp. 657-61. ISSN 1027 0299

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Abstract

Background
To evaluate the practice and knowledge of infection control
protocols among dental personnel of various institute of
Islamabad.
Methods
A Cross sectional study was conducted among 340 participants
‘which included dentists and clinical undergraduate students
of Islamic International Dental College, Riphah University
Islamabad and Margalla Institute of Health Sciences by a selfadministered questionnaire. The dentists included senior faculty
members, post graduate trainees, demonstrators and house
officers. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 17.
Results
Out of 335 respondents 117(35%) gave history of needle injury
and majority (n=261, 78%) practice single hand method for
needle re-sheathing. Only 113(34%) respondents took a history
of HIV and 134 (40%) were aware of proper glove use. Most
(89%) of the participants had good knowledge regarding WHO
hand washing protocol and 60%knew the proper way of using
facemask. Nonetheless, knowledge of respondents regarding
disinfection and sterilization, immunization and risk of
transmission of HBV and HCV was inadequate.
Conclusion
The knowledge and practice of our participants regarding
infection control protocol was satisfactory. However, the
importance of infection control protocols should be further
increased among the dental community

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