Aim: The aim was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of dental students concerning infection control measures and to check the correlation, if any, among knowledge, attitude and behaviour of dental students concerning infection control measures in dental setups.
Materials and Methods: A total of 1200 students from first to final year and interns from three different colleges were included in the study.
Results: A total of 95.83% think isolation is important. Only 4.1% have been vaccinated with hepatitis B vaccine and 95% with tetanus vaccine.
Conclusion: The level of knowledge and behaviour of infection control measures was average, for which the reasons could be inadequate training, supply of protective equipments and mainly carelessness.
Key Words- Infection control, Vaccination, Isolation.
I am a pediatrician who started private practice recently in Pasadena, Texas.
For quite some time I have been bothered by a question; but, since starting private practice I have felt compelled to ask this question of some authorities in this matter.
Every pediatrician, general practitioner, and any physician (M.D.) who takes calls in the emergency room of a hospital, sometimes has found children or adults with a laceration who need a booster of D.P.T., D.T., or just plain tetanus toxoid, according to age, because it has been more then one year since they have had one, and they tell you that they are allergic to tetanus toxoid.
Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour among dental students concerning infection control measures.
