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ArticleBioMed research international2021

A Description of Infection Control Structure in Primary Dental Health Care, Brazil.

Emílio Prado da Fonseca, Edmilson Antônio Pereira-Junior, Andréa Clemente Palmier, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu

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Article in BioMed research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emílio Prado da FonsecaDepartment of Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-133X
Edmilson Antônio Pereira-JuniorFaculty of Education, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2837-4744
Andréa Clemente PalmierDepartment of Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8943-6836
Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães AbreuDepartment of Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8794-5725
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study is aimed at describing a score to assess infection control structures in Oral Health Teams (OHT) in Primary Health Care (PHC) in Brazil.

methodsSecondary data from a national external evaluation of PHC conducted in 2017 and 2018 were analyzed. The construction of the score used 14 variables, divided into the following: structural characteristics of the PHC, infection control equipment under conditions of use, and biosafety supplies in sufficient quantity. The questions were mostly dichotomous (yes/no). Descriptive analyses were carried out to characterize the OHT and factor analyses to reduce the number of observed variables to a specific number of factors.

resultsAmong 20,301 health units with OHT, 4,510 (22.2%) units did not have washable floors, ceilings, and walls; 8,406 (41.4%) did not have a sealer; 16,780 (82.7%) did not have taps with noncontact activation, and 4,663 (23.0%) units did not have rubber gloves. Regarding personal protective equipment (PPE), 1,618 (8.0%) units did not have a sufficient quantity of basic PPE. Three factors were defined to explain the 14 evaluated variables. The South region had the best score of infection control, while the North had the worst.

conclusionsRegional inequalities in the failures in infection control structures identified in PHC with OHT were related to the physical structure, equipment, and supplies used for infection control and the absence of PPE for OHT.

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BrazilDelivery of Health CareDental CareDental Health ServicesHumansInfection ControlOral HealthPersonal Protective EquipmentPrimary Health Care

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