2005
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0289
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Characteristics of infection control programs in U.S. Air Force dental clinics

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“…In this study, however, less than a quarter of the dentists reported following this guideline. Compared to the findings of similar studies on Canadian dentists (50–91%) 21 , dentists in the USA (100%) 23 and in Ireland (89%) 24 this rate seems to be very low which indicates an underestimation of the importance of sterilisation by the dentists in the present study and pour doubt on the quality of sterilisation in their practices.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 94%
“…In this study, however, less than a quarter of the dentists reported following this guideline. Compared to the findings of similar studies on Canadian dentists (50–91%) 21 , dentists in the USA (100%) 23 and in Ireland (89%) 24 this rate seems to be very low which indicates an underestimation of the importance of sterilisation by the dentists in the present study and pour doubt on the quality of sterilisation in their practices.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 94%
“…( 25) ,while Hepatitis C is a significant, global public health concern because of the large and increasing number of infected people and the associated morbidity, such as chronic liver disease and mortality. Currently, an estimated 170 million people or 3% of the world's population have hepatitis C, (26) the increasing global prevalence puts extra demands on health services and increases the likelihood that health professionals will care for or have personal contact with people with hepatitis C. Figure (3) that only 2.38% of the sample used the three proper barrier technique in their work(mask ,gloves and eye glasses ), this figure is very much less than that reported in many developed countries (18,27) , as eye glasses were not much used in this study, this figure is similar to that of other studies in developing countries. (11,13) Masks should be changed throughout the operating day ,as it has been found as a source of contamination because it becomes impregnated with microorganisms after 20 minutes of use.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…Essas informações colocam em evidência a carência da adoção de medidas de Biossegurança nas clínicas de Odontologia, uma vez que as pesquisas já publicadas na literatura demonstram altos níveis de contaminação. A literatura sobre Biossegurança na Odontologia tem mostrado que o grau de obediência do próprio profissional aos protocolos é variável tanto no que se refere à proteção individual como a coletiva (Alnegrish;Momani & Sharafat, 2008;Garbin et al, 2005;Gordon et al, 2001;Harte & Charlton, 2005;Maupomé et al, 2000;Maupomé et al, 2002;Monarca et al, 2000;Qudeimat;Farrah & Owais, 2006;Taiwo & Aderinokun, 2002). O gênero Staphylococcus causa uma larga gama de doenças infecciosas.…”
Section: Resultsunclassified