ArticleJournal of infection prevention2016
Compliance with infection control standard precautions guidelines: a survey among dental healthcare workers in Hail Region, Saudi Arabia.
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- Assessment of Multidimensional Biosafety Practices in Clinical Dental Training: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Antibiotic Prescribing in Dental Practice: A Cross-sectional Survey in Trinidad and Tobago.International dental journal · 2026Article
- Attitude and compliance of dental assistants towards infection control: A quasi-experimental study.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Compliance with transmission-based precautions, and associated factors among healthcare providers in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Article
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- Compliance among Registered Nurses and Doctors in Critical Care Units: Challenges Affecting Their Adherence to Standard Precautions.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Sterility maintenance of reused disposable paper/plastic sterilization pouches in actual clinical practice.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Rate of Compliance with Infection Control Practices while Taking Dental Radiographs in a Dental Health Care Center, Saudi Arabia.Contemporary clinical dentistryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe concept of standard precautions (SP) has been a cornerstone of dental infection control (IC) practice. Full adherence with SP guidelines is still a matter of concern in many institutions. The objectives of the present study were to assess and characterise compliance with SP guidelines among dental healthcare workers (DHCWs) and to analyse factors that affect compliance.
methodsA regional cross-sectional questionnaire survey among DHCWs in all health facilities was carried out from August to November 2014.
resultsA total of 307 returned valid self-report questionnaires with a response rate of 73.1%. Most participants (86.3%) were aware of the SP guidelines, 84.4% received IC training and 88.9% received hepatitis B vaccination. Compliance with SP was found to be high; the majority (90.1%) attained 75% on the compliance scale. In the multivariate logistic regression model, perceived higher institutional commitment as regard IC requirements (odds ratio [OR], 4.34;
conclusionsThis survey revealed high self-reported compliance with SP guidelines. Institutional factors appear to have an important role. Attention should be paid to dental assistants and private DHCWs.
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