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Infection control measures among dentists practising in Saudi Arabia
Abdullah R. Al Shammery, BDS, MS
A national study of oral health care delivery system was conducted in Saudi Arabia. The methodology was based on the International Collaborative Study of Oral Health Outcomes (ICS-II). A part of that study was to survey the dental practitioners for their knowledge, attitudes and practices. A 128-item questionnaire was administered to dentists practicing in multiple countrywide locations (5 provinces) and the number of respondents totaled 481. Results showed that 92% used a new pair of gloves for each patient; 85.32% wore face masks; for all procedures; 50.84% used eyewear or glasses for all procedures; 98.32% used a sterilized disposable needle for each patient 27.14% sterilized with autoclave handpieces after each patient; 90.2% sterilized hand instruments in the autoclave after each use; and 89.3% reported enhanced implementation of infection control procedures since they
learned about AIDS. Approximately 26.3% disagreed and 8.5% strongly disagreed that they had adequate infection control training to treat AIDS patients. Over 37.3% strongly agreed and 30.3% agreed that they felt unsafe treating AIDS patients. It is concluded that Saudi Arabia, a rapidly modernizing middle-income nation, is making excellent progress in implementing barrier techniques in the dental care delivery system. In view of worldwide Al DS epidemic, it is vital that adequate infection control continues and greater efforts made in this area with more information provided to dentists about AlDS.
Saudi Dental Journal 2000;12(2):77-82. |