Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice to Infection Control Among the Final Dental Students in the Khartoum stat
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice to Infection Control Among the Final Dental Students in the Khartoum stat
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Date
2020
Authors
Abdelaziz A Hassan
Shimaa A Jobara
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Napata College
Abstract
Background:
Infection is one of the most crucial problems in health care services worldwide. It is considered
one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality associated with clinical, diagnostic
and therapeutic procedures. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate knowledge,
attitude and practices with recommended infection control guidelines among final dental students
in Khartoum University, AL-Raze University, AL-Nilain University, National Ribat University,
University of Medical Sciences and Technology and Bayan College.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the Knowledge, attitude and practices of the final dental
students regarding infection control measurements.
Methodology:
A cross-sectional study was conducted to obtain information regarding knowledge, attitude, and
practices with recommended infection control guidelines. The sample (n = 186) of final dental
students in both male and female. This questionnaire contained three parts and was distributed to
the participants online. After validation of the survey, data were collected, entered and analyzed
by SPSS software.
Data collection:
Tool: Self-administered questionnaire consisted of “23” close-ended questions. It was being
administrated to “186” dental students to answer in a time of 20-minutes. The questionnaire was
sent to all students and interns by email to be filled electronically and informed consent was
obtained before commencing the questionnaire.
Data analysis:
The collected data will be analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 for windows. General
characteristics of subject articles will be analyzed using frequency and percentage.
Results:
Regarding the subject’s attitudes toward infection control, the present study indicated that the,
most of the students (90.3% - 81.7%) cared about protective parries (gloves, face mask).
However, they were less concern about using other protective items (73.1% face shield, 72.1%
gown and 52.6% head cap). Also, the findings of the present study indicated a very low rate of
HBV vaccination. Only 72.7% of the students were vaccinated against Hepatitis B. In our survey,
only 32.3% of students who were immunized have reported post-HBV immunization serology.
In order to facilitate better understanding on how to evaluate awareness on infection control
amongst final dental students, several questions related to previous education in infection control
during the graduate studies were included in the questionnaire. The findings of this study showed
insufficient knowledge among the subjects.
Conclusion:
The findings of this study indicate insufficient attitude and awareness toward infection control.
Subjects responses showed deficiency of education to support infection control measures and
their self-assessment and satisfaction reflect their performance toward infection control policy.
The deficit of knowledge could be due to the inadequacy of infection control educational
materials during years of study. Another reason might be the lack of belief that practice of
standard precautions may interfere with patient health and care.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the findings would be useful for planning and implementation of future
interventions, including a national survey of dental institutions across the country.