Cross-infection and infection control in dental clinics in Nablus and Tulkarm districts

BMC Microbiology

Areej Sabbah¹  Lubna Kharraz²  Wafaa Menawi³ 

[1] Master of Public Health Management, Faculty of Graduate Studies, An-Najah University, Nablus, Palestine;Medicine and Health Science College, An Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine;Public Health Management Program, Faculty of Graduate Studies, An-Najah University, Nablus, Palestine;Pathology and Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, Medicine and Health Science college, An Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine;Head of Quality Assurance Department at NBU, Scientific Centers, An Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine;

关键词: Infection control;    COVID 19;    PPE;    Compliance;    Knowledge;    Palestine;    Dentists;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12866-021-02382-0

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundInfection control had many developments in the COVID 19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) pandemic, despite this, there were many complications in different health care facilities as well as dentists’ clinics due to the lack of infection control knowledge and compliance failure. This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge and compliance with the infection control measures in the dental clinics in the Nablus and Tulkarm districts.ResultsThe results showed that the total positive response regard all infection control domains were (70.0 %). Whereas the participants gave the highest positive response for personnel protective equipment i.e. gloving was (96.10 %). They gave the instruments related to controls the lowest responses, i.e. instruments sterilization was (59.40 %). The analyzed data showed significant statistical differences in the compliance with infection control measures between Nablus and Tulkarm districts “p < 0.05” in the interest of dentists from Tulkarm.ConclusionsIn conclusion, the findings of this study showed that there is moderate compliance to infection control protocol in Nablus and Tulkarm dental clinics. Thus, there is a need to strengthen adherence to infection control measures.MethodA universal sampling was used to assess the infection control program at the dental clinics in Nablus and Tulkarm Districts. The study sample involved 265 dentists. Data was collected using a questionnaire which has been sent via email between July and August 2020. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, One-way ANOVA and Post-Hock tests have been used. Statistical significance was set at ″P <0.05″. Cronbach’s alpha has been conducted to ensure the reliability and validity of the questionnaire.

【 授权许可】

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