Biosafety practices regarding occupational accidents among dental professionals
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7308/aodontol/2020.56.e07Keywords:
Occupational exposure, Occupational risks, Accidents occupational, Containment of biohazards, Occupational healthAbstract
Aim: To describe and to compare biosafety practices regarding occupational accidents among dental professionals, in a dental school clinic.
Methods: This research was a qualitative and transversal study, conducted with dental school professors and dental assistants. The data was collected through a self-administered, semi-structured questionnaire with closed questions related to the proposed theme. The comparison of data from two professional categories were performed using Pearson’s chi-squares test, with p < 0.05.
Results: Of the 51 subjects, 36 were dental professors, and 15 were dental assistants. The majority had not taken any update course on biosafety, with a larger proportion found among dental assistants (p = 0.022). The use of individual protection equipment (IPE) was greater among dental professors (p < 0,001). Accidents with sharp materials have happened with both professional categories, with more cases reported among dental assistants than among dental professors (p = 0.004). The dental professors did not report any accidents with biological hazards, different from the dental assistants (p < 0.001). The majority of the dental assistants have not received any training to monitor accidents with biological hazards, which runs in direct contrast with the dental professors (p < 0.001).
Conclusion: the majority of subjects did not receive any training in the years preceding this study regarding occupational accidents in the field of dentistry. The practices in biosafety among dental assistants showed less favorable results when compared to that among dental professors.
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