Document 0175
 DOCN  M9590175
 TI    Cross-infection control in general dental practice: dentists' behaviour
       compared with their knowledge and opinions.
 DT    9509
 AU    Hudson-Davies SC; Jones JH; Sarll DW; Department of Oral and
       Maxillofacial Medicine and Surgery,; University of Manchester Dental
       School.
 SO    Br Dent J. 1995 May 20;178(10):365-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95298445
 AB    This study aimed to establish how dentists' knowledge, opinion and
       behaviour about cross-infection control were related and how they were
       affected by their ages, gender and the sizes of the practices in which
       they worked. In 1990/91 all general dental practitioners in the North
       Western Health Region of England were asked to complete a questionnaire
       about cross-infection control; 917 (75%) did so. Responses from all
       single-handed and one dentist selected randomly from each group practice
       were analysed (n = 546). The score to measure behaviour was based on
       guidelines on cross-infection control issued by the British Dental
       Association and this was correlated with scores for knowledge and
       opinion. The more knowledgeable not only tended to hold favourable
       opinions about the guidelines but also to practise them. Younger
       dentists were more knowledgeable about cross-infection control measures
       than older and more likely to wear gloves. Irrespective of age, all
       female dentists were more likely to wear gloves than their male
       colleagues. Single-handed dentists were less willing to treat carriers
       of HIV and HBV. Although 65% thought that recommended control procedures
       are feasible, 43% considered them prohibitively expensive.
 DE    Adult  Aged  Attitude of Health Personnel  Carrier State  Chi-Square
       Distribution  Comparative Study  Cross Infection/PREVENTION & CONTROL
       Dental Care for Chronically Ill/PSYCHOLOGY  Dentists/*PSYCHOLOGY
       England  Female  Gloves, Surgical/UTILIZATION  Hepatitis B  Human  HIV
       Seropositivity  *Infection Control  *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
       Male  Middle Age  Physician's Practice Patterns/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
       Questionnaires  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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