Factors affecting changes in compliance with infection control practices by dentists in Japan

Compliance with infection control standard precautions guidelines: a survey among dental healthcare workers in Hail Region, Saudi Arabia

“…As reported by previous studies, training programmes for prevention of occupational exposures to blood-borne pathogens play a major role in enhancing knowledge and safe behaviour of HCWs (McCarthy et al, 1999;Shaghaghian et al, 2014;Wang et al, 2003;Yang and Mullan, 2011). Our study corroborates other studies which have demonstrated that staff with good practice have better knowledge (Abdulraheem et al, 2012;Al-Rabeah and Mohamed, 2002;Gershon et al, 1995;Michalsen et al, 1997;Snyder, 1993;Tada et al, 2014).…”

“…Women were found to report a better compliance with SP, which was a frequent finding in similar studies (Gershon et al, 1995;McCarthy et al, 1999;Vaz et al, 2010), but contrary to some others (Tada et al, 2014). Younger age was found to be independently associated with good compliance with SP guidelines.…”

Cross-infection and infection control in dentistry: Knowledge, attitude and practice of patients attended dental clinics in King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

“…Persons who seek dental care could be in the prodromal phase or being carriers of certain infectious diseases, without knowing about their physical conditions. In addition, some infectious diseases have prolonged incubation periods or post-infection ''window period'' during which antibodies can't be detected [4,5].…”

“…Blood borne infections as HIV/AIDS, HCV, HBV, and other emerging blood borne organisms represent the main risks for the transmission of infections in dental practice. Exposure to blood and body fluids need great concerns from both dental care providers and the patients [5]. A study done in Riyadh, KSA, showed that 3.2% of female patients attended the dental clinics of King Saud University had seropositive HBV and HCV.…”

Contamination of dental goggles and effectiveness of 3 disinfectants in a stomatology hospital

“…The same results have been recorded in other studies. 8 The periodontal department had the highest contamination rate, which indicated that much more attention should be paid to this department. Gram-positive cocci were isolated in high numbers in this study (54% of the total cultures obtained); this was not consistent with other studies.…”