Biosecurity in public and private office

Abstract

Biosecurity is currently a concern for all health-related services, including dentistry, since infection control has a relevant importance. In dental practice, health-related occupations have contact with a great number of individuals who are potentially capable to transmit pathogens. This study comprised a descriptive evaluation of the universal precaution measures for infection control adopted by dental practitioners working at public and private offices in the city of Araçatuba, SP. Data collection was performed by a quiz with questions about individual and collective protection equipments. The results showed that the use of caps was reported by 55% of the professionals working at the public sector and 90% for the private sector. The use of masks and gloves was reported by all professionals surveyed; nevertheless, glove change between patients was not reported by 40% of professionals working at the public sector. There were more flaws in public offices as to the use of protective barriers, since except for the use of gloves, gowns and masks, the frequency of use of those barriers was smaller than at private offices.

The assessment of infection control in dental practices in the municipality of São Paulo

“…14,15 However, the literature shows that these actions are not always seriously implemented by professionals despite of their relevance and the large number of publications related to this subject. [1][2][3]10 Towards that end, to obtain effective control of contamination in dentistry environments it is necessary to further educate on health and raise awareness of professionals to the risks of exposure, as well as to the prevention of transmitted pathogens, through accurate and updated information.…”

“…Confronted with a high biological risk both for patients and professionals in dental care and due to the constant development of new technologies, information, equipment, material and behavioral attitudes in this area, [1][2][3] Health Organizations such as the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the American Dental Association (ADA), the National Sanitary Department (ANVISA) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) among others, have developed guidelines to prevent, minimize or eliminate any threat to life or health during treatment. These guidelines, given the peculiarities of dentistry activity, should be followed by the professional and his team before, during, and after care for all patients and for all types of treatment.…”

Conhecimento dos Alunos do Curso de Graduação em Odontologia da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba sobre Hepatites Virais

“…Os resultados da investi gação com base no questi onário, mostraram que apenas 75% dos acadêmicos eram vacinados, 63% responderam que para a hepati te ti po B. Deles 37%, receberam as três doses e 81% nunca fi zeram teste para confi rmar imunização (Tabela 2). sobre a evolução da hepati te, condições sistêmicas, Ao se avaliar medidas de prevenção contra infecções em consultórios públicos e parti culares verifi cou-se que o setor público apresentava mais falhas em relação ao uso de barreiras protetoras 15 . Outra pesquisa corrobora com esta observação e acrescenta que embora haja conscienti zação em relação às medidas de prevenção contra infecção cruzada, os profi ssionais ainda não prati cam as normas primárias de proteção individual 16 .…”

Biossegurança na odontologia

“…Garbin et al 8 Avaliar descritivamente a aplicação de medidas de precaução universal para controle de infecção entre cirurgiões-dentistas que atuam em consultórios públicos e particulares do município de Araçatuba, São Paulo.…”

“…1 (8,3) tabela 1: Distribuição dos artigos incluídos segundo abordagens temáticas rEfErêNCiAS limitou-se à utilização de precauções padrões, pouco evidenciando as condutas para sua efetivação prática. Para Garbin et al 8 , o uso de gorro foi relatado por 55% dos cirurgiões-dentistas que atuam no serviço público e 90% dos que atuam no serviço privado. O uso de máscara e o uso de luvas foram relatados pelos 40 profissionais entrevistados, no entanto, a troca de luvas entre os pacientes não foi relatada por 40% dos profissionais da rede pública.…”