Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene (한국치위생학회지)

Korean Society of Dental Hygiene (한국치위생학회)
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Correlations of education experience, awareness and practice of infection control during the prosthodontic treatment in clinical dental hygienists

일부 임상치과위생사의 치과보철물 제작 과정에서의 감염관리에 대한 교육경험, 인식 및 실천도

  • Park, Kyung-Hwa (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hanyang Women's University) ;
  • Choi, Hye-Jung (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hanyang Women's University)
  • 박경화 (한양여자대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 최혜정 (한양여자대학교 치위생과)
  • Received : 2017.06.11
  • Accepted : 2017.07.25
  • Published : 2017.08.30
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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between education experience, awareness and practice of infection control during the prosthodontic treatment in clinical dental hygienists. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was answered by 255 clinical dental hygienists in Seoul and Gyeonggi areas from October 10 to December 30, 2016. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics of the subjects (8 items), dental prosthesis infection education experience (5 items), dental prosthesis infection awareness (5 items) and dental prosthesis infection practice (14 items) based on Likert 5 point scale. For statistical analysis, SPSS Statistic 22.0 was used. Results: A significant association was shown among education experience, awareness and practice of infection control during the prosthodontic treatment of clinical dental hygienists (p<0.001). Dental hygienists count, dental prosthesis infection education experience and awareness had positive influences, but the age group from 26 to 30 had negative influence on dental prosthesis infection practice. Conclusions: The study confimed that the dental prosthesis infection education program and continued education is necessary for the safety and health of patients, and to prevent the cross-infections of the clinical dental hygienists.

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