بررسي نگرش و عملكرد دندان پزشكان شهرستان اصفهان نسبت به رعايت موازين بهداشتي به منظور جلوگيري از انتقال عفونت در محيط كار دندان پزشكي

Investigating the Attitudes and Performance of Dentists in Isfahan in Respect to Observing Health Standards to preventInfection Transmission in Dentistry

The risk of being affected by infectious diseases in dentistry directly depends upon the degree of contact with body liquids, such as blood and saliva, as well as the working tools. Different micro-organisms including the viruses causing AIDS and Hepatitis B as well as oral thrush are possible to be transferred in dentistry. According to the Dental intervention (FDI), it is suggested that all dental patients, in spite of the healthy look, are considered to be infective. Therefore, the health principles and protective and safety methods must be observed in all the sequences to prevent cross-infection. Thus, the present study seeks to investigate the degree to which the dentists in Isfahan respect and approach to such standards. Materials This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. In order to answer and the questions of the study (as found in tables 1&2), the data Methods related to the participantsʹ attitudes and performance were collected by having them fill out a questionnaire and a checklist. A total of 140 dentists in Isfahan were selected through a random sampling in 1385 (HS). The data collected was then evaluated with SPSS. Results The mean score obtained from the attitude-related questions was 5.36. Also, the mean score of performance-related questions was found to be 8.03. No significant relation was found between the dentistsʹ attitudes and the years of service (P=0.092, r=0.17). No significant relation was found between the dentistsʹ performance and the years of service (P=0.12, r=0.15). No significant relation was found between the dentistsʹ attitudes and their performance (P=0.1, r=0.16).