مجله دانشکده دندانپزشکی اصفهان (Jan 2007)
An Evaluation of Infection Control in Dental Offices and Dental Clinics in Isfahan (2003)
Abstract
Introduction: Increasing contagious and infectious disease in recent decays, have made persons involving in health and hygiene to follow a certain path of instructions and disciplines.Dentists and their Co-Workers can transmit the infection. prevalencing of disease such as AIDS and Hepatitis are increasing and loss of a complete study there is a brief need to do a complete study about Infection control especially in Isfahan.Methods and Materials: This was a qualitative-descriptive cross sectional study. 152 general and specialist dentists were selected randomly among 450 dentists in Isfahan during 2003. Information was gathered by a designed bisectional question which was completed partly by dentists and partly by researchers. In the next step, results were evaluated through chi-square statistical test and SPSS Program.Results: The research findings showed that there are meaningful differences among compared groups in regard to maintaining principals of infection control. Equipments, such as oven and autoclave are currents sterilization methods. There are a few people who use these two methods correctly.Conclusion: Results of the study, shows that the positive role of experience and specialization in regard to infection control is very important. But what is more important is unawareness, lack of education and proper management and expensive of material and equipments of infection control user unconfidence that is weakness of infection control. So it is recommended student will be taught and then review periods will be done with planning separate educating groups or a course unit. In addition, the quality of infection control in dentistry centers will be improved with organizing researchers and standard center and encouraging in side industries to produce materials and desirable and necessary equipments. Also hygiene will be improved with doing cultural works in regard to charging treatment goals and better view about patient.Key words: Infection control, Dental office and clinics, Sterilization
