Behavior and perceptions of hand hygiene practices among dental students

Abstract

ObjectiveTo investigate behavior and perception of hand hygiene practices among undergraduate students in a School of Dentistry. School of Dentistry, in Sao Paulo State, Brazil (n=54 Methods The study adopted a qualitative technique called Collective Subject Discourse (CSD). The sample comprised students enrolled in a Public RESUMO ObjetivoInvestigar o comportamento e a percepção sobre a prática da higiene das mãos entre acadêmicos de um Curso de Odontologia. MétodosEste estudo adotou a técnica qualitativa Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo (DSC). A amostra foi composta por estudantes matriculados numa Faculdade Pública de Odontologia do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil (n=54). Entrevistas semiestruturadas foram registradas em um gravador digital. A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio de abordagem quali-quantitativa com auxílio do programa Qualiquantisoft®. ResultadosEstudantes mostraram conhecimento adequado quanto às diretrizes sobre a prática de higiene das mãos. Porém, consideraram que as luvas de procedimento seriam efetivas para evitar a contaminação cruzada e afirmaram que a infraestrutura inadequada de pias e a falta de materiais de consumo minavam a adesão. Relataram que o comportamento em higiene das mãos de profissionais e de alguns professores era negligente quanto à higiene das mãos, especialmente antes de calçarem luvas e após retirarem. Relataram que a faculdade oferecia ensino para correto treinamento, mas atribuíram a si próprios a postura negligente. Entretanto, apresentaram-se muito preocupados de serem hipoteticamente atendidos por profissionais que não lavassem as mãos. ConclusãoAlgumas falhas quanto à conformidade com a higiene das mãos entre estudantes de Odontologia foram identificadas. Estratégias educativas, por meio da motivação e do ajuste da conformidade da prática pelos professores seriam fundamentais para aumento da adesão. Adicionalmente, melhorias na infraestrutura nessa instituição, por meio de novas pias e disponibilidade irrestrita de material de consumo beneficiaria a adesão à higiene das mãos.

Higiene Das Mãos E Prevenção Da Influenza: Conhecimento De Discentes Da Área Da Saúde

“…Published works that evaluated the knowledge in students and health professionals, and that observed the adherence to and performance of the HH technique also reported failures in the moments of execution of the technique in several practice scenarios, as well as in the technique and time required for its performance. [22][23][24][25][26][27] Regarding the global component, there was no statistical difference between the results according to the course, which may mean that the teaching of the technique is uniform for all teachers who teach this subject in the various technical courses in the health area. Global knowledge and knowledge about HH were similar to other studies carried out with students and health professionals.…”

Patients´ Anxiety Related to Dental Radiographic Examinations: Levels, Perception and Management

“…As proposed by Bradford (1976), the total protein concentration in saliva normalized the alpha-amylase activity (Furlan et al) routine by means of a qualitative-quantitative approach (Lefèvre & Lefèvre, 2003;Costa et al, 2016Costa et al, , 2020.…”

“…To assure that the data were verified from more than one perspective, two researchers individually selected the most significant aspects of the responses of each dentist (key expressions). Posteriorly, in consensus, the researchers confronted the key expressions obtained, which were synthesized in central ideas and grouped (Mialhe et al, 2011;Costa et al, 2016Costa et al, , 2020) (Table IV). This qualitative assessment generated the "discourse of the collective subject", a text in the first-person singular in which the perceptions and behaviors of the dentists were described as an individual discourse, respecting their colloquial language Costa et al, 2016Costa et al, , 2020.…”

“…Posteriorly, in consensus, the researchers confronted the key expressions obtained, which were synthesized in central ideas and grouped (Mialhe et al, 2011;Costa et al, 2016Costa et al, , 2020) (Table IV). This qualitative assessment generated the "discourse of the collective subject", a text in the first-person singular in which the perceptions and behaviors of the dentists were described as an individual discourse, respecting their colloquial language Costa et al, 2016Costa et al, , 2020. After, the frequency of participants who shared similar ideas (quantitative part) was calculated (Costa et al, 2016;Mialhe et al).…”

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Hand Hygiene Among Dentists as a Prevention Method From Covid-19 in Al Qassim Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

“…There is a definite case for reminders near washing areas to improve compliance. A study by Eliana Dantas 15 conducted on dental students reported inadequate infrastructure such as Interesting reviews on HH in Sub Saharan Africa, barriers to HH compliance were classified as individual or institutional barriers. Some of the institutional barriers mentioned included lack of access to infection control policy and infrastructural deficits.…”