Practice of Personal Protective Equipment among Dental Surgery Assistants: Survey from a Public Sector Hospital

Authors

  • Mohsin Javaid Senior Registrar, Department of Community Dentistry, Multan Medical & Dental College, Multan University of Health Sciences, Lahore. Pakistan
  • Ejaz Hussain Sahu Associate Professor, Department of Community Dentistry, Multan Medical & Dental College, Multan University of Health Sciences, Lahore. Pakistan
  • Aeeza Malik Department of Community Dentistry, Multan Medical & Dental College, Multan, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8250-3319
  • Nousheen Khan Department of Periodontology, Multan Medical & Dental College, Multan, University of Health Sciences, Lahore. Pakistan,
  • Asif Noor Department of Community Dentistry, Multan Medical & Dental College, Multan, University of Health Sciences, Lahore. Pakistan
  • Malik Saleem Shaukat Department of Science of Dental Materials, Multan Medical & Dental College, Multan, University of Health Sciences, Lahore. Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36570/jduhs.2020.2.936

Keywords:

Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, Personal Protective Equipment, Infection control, Dental procedures

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices about personal protective equipment (PPE) among dental surgery assistants in a Public Sector Teaching Hospital of Multan.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out among dental surgery assistants in the dental outpatient departments of a public sector hospital of Multan city from Aug to Oct 2019. Pre-structured questionnaire which comprised of socio-demographic data, questions related to knowledge, attitude and practices was used. In the domain of knowledge there were 6 items. Dental assistant who scores ≤4 were considered to have appropriate knowledge for PPE. In the domain of attitude there were 5 items. Dental assistant who scores ≤3 were considered to have positive attitude for PPE. In the domain of practices there were 6 items. Dental assistant who scores ≤4 was considered good practicing of PPE.

Results: Of 80 participants, 65 (81.25%) were males and 15 (18.75%) were females. Majority (n=54, 67.5%) of them were between 21-30 years of age. Appropriate knowledge was observed in 77 (96.3%) participants, positive attitude in 53 (66.3%) while, only 8 (10%) participants practiced good PPE. A significant difference was reported in the practices of dental assistants when compared with their knowledge (p-value 0.046) while attitude was found to be insignificant (p-value 0.710).

Conclusion: Dental surgery assistants of the renowned public sector teaching hospital of Multan city reported sound and apposite knowledge, moderate attitude while inappropriate practices about PPE. 

 

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2020-08-30

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Javaid, M., Sahu, E. H., Malik, A., Khan, N., Noor, A., & Shaukat, M. S. (2020). Practice of Personal Protective Equipment among Dental Surgery Assistants: Survey from a Public Sector Hospital. Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences (JDUHS), 14(2), 66–71. https://doi.org/10.36570/jduhs.2020.2.936

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