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Evaluation of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Occupational Blood Exposure Accidents at the End of the Dental Training Program
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding occupational blood exposure accidents (OBEA) among dental students at the end of the whole dental education program. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The survey was performed using a student self-administered...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5853047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29629333 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_282_17 |
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author | Hbibi, Abdelhadi Kasouati, Jalal Charof, Reda Chaouir, Souad El Harti, Karima |
author_facet | Hbibi, Abdelhadi Kasouati, Jalal Charof, Reda Chaouir, Souad El Harti, Karima |
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description | AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding occupational blood exposure accidents (OBEA) among dental students at the end of the whole dental education program. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The survey was performed using a student self-administered questionnaire during July 2015 in the dental teaching hospital in Rabat. It was conducted on 117 dental students registered in the 5(th) year. The results were analyzed by SPSS Software, Version 13.0. Univariate analysis was performed by descriptive statistics, and bivariate analysis was used to identify correlations between different variables. RESULTS: Eighty-three students answered the questionnaire (participation rate: 70%). Most participants had incomplete knowledge about the management and the risks of OBEA. Thirty-five participants (42%) experienced at least one occupational exposure to patients' blood. Needle recapping has been the main cause of such injuries (41%). Most accidents occurred, respectively, in the oral surgery (51%) and the restorative dentistry (17%) departments. According to many participants, they had received insufficient education concerning this topic. CONCLUSIONS: More effective education on prevention and management of OBEA is highly recommended to reduce the prevalence of such injuries. Dental schools should set up a local management unit for following and supporting the exposed students. |
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spelling | pubmed-58530472018-04-06 Evaluation of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Occupational Blood Exposure Accidents at the End of the Dental Training Program Hbibi, Abdelhadi Kasouati, Jalal Charof, Reda Chaouir, Souad El Harti, Karima J Int Soc Prev Community Dent Original Article AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding occupational blood exposure accidents (OBEA) among dental students at the end of the whole dental education program. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The survey was performed using a student self-administered questionnaire during July 2015 in the dental teaching hospital in Rabat. It was conducted on 117 dental students registered in the 5(th) year. The results were analyzed by SPSS Software, Version 13.0. Univariate analysis was performed by descriptive statistics, and bivariate analysis was used to identify correlations between different variables. RESULTS: Eighty-three students answered the questionnaire (participation rate: 70%). Most participants had incomplete knowledge about the management and the risks of OBEA. Thirty-five participants (42%) experienced at least one occupational exposure to patients' blood. Needle recapping has been the main cause of such injuries (41%). Most accidents occurred, respectively, in the oral surgery (51%) and the restorative dentistry (17%) departments. According to many participants, they had received insufficient education concerning this topic. CONCLUSIONS: More effective education on prevention and management of OBEA is highly recommended to reduce the prevalence of such injuries. Dental schools should set up a local management unit for following and supporting the exposed students. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 2018-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5853047/ /pubmed/29629333 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_282_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Hbibi, Abdelhadi Kasouati, Jalal Charof, Reda Chaouir, Souad El Harti, Karima Evaluation of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Occupational Blood Exposure Accidents at the End of the Dental Training Program |
title | Evaluation of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Occupational Blood Exposure Accidents at the End of the Dental Training Program |
title_full | Evaluation of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Occupational Blood Exposure Accidents at the End of the Dental Training Program |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Occupational Blood Exposure Accidents at the End of the Dental Training Program |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Occupational Blood Exposure Accidents at the End of the Dental Training Program |
title_short | Evaluation of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Occupational Blood Exposure Accidents at the End of the Dental Training Program |
title_sort | evaluation of the knowledge and attitudes of dental students toward occupational blood exposure accidents at the end of the dental training program |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5853047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29629333 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_282_17 |
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