ArticleJournal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry
Evaluation of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Occupational Blood Exposure Accidents at the End of the Dental Training Program.
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- The potential benefit of an educational intervention on needle stick injury prevention among dental students at the university of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia: a prospective study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
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- Descriptive correlational study of knowledge, attitudes and practices related to blood exposure accidents among operating room nurses in the two university hospitals of Sousse.La Tunisie medicale · 2023Article
- Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among nursing studentshv in clinical internship.Journal of public health in Africa · 2023Article
- A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire-Based Survey on Blood-Borne Infection Control among Romanian Dental Students.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- "It's just in that sea of things that I never cared about": perception of hepatitis B amongst university students in Aberdeen, North-East Scotland.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Awareness and compliance of dental students and interns toward infection control at Riyadh Elm University.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2019Article
- Cross-transmission in the Dental Office: Does This Make You Ill?Current oral health reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
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objectivesThis study was conducted to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding occupational blood exposure accidents (OBEA) among dental students at the end of the whole dental education program. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe survey was performed using a student self-administered questionnaire during July 2015 in the dental teaching hospital in Rabat. It was conducted on 117 dental students registered in the 5
resultsEighty-three students answered the questionnaire (participation rate: 70%). Most participants had incomplete knowledge about the management and the risks of OBEA. Thirty-five participants (42%) experienced at least one occupational exposure to patients' blood. Needle recapping has been the main cause of such injuries (41%). Most accidents occurred, respectively, in the oral surgery (51%) and the restorative dentistry (17%) departments. According to many participants, they had received insufficient education concerning this topic.
conclusionsMore effective education on prevention and management of OBEA is highly recommended to reduce the prevalence of such injuries. Dental schools should set up a local management unit for following and supporting the exposed students.
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