Document 0850
 DOCN  M95A0850
 TI    Survey to assess dental practitioner's knowledge of infectious disease.
 DT    9510
 AU    Epstein JB; Mathias RG; Gibson GB; Vancouver Hospital and Health
       Sciences Centre, B.C.
 SO    J Can Dent Assoc. 1995 Jun;61(6):519-25. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95339277
 AB    The prerequisite to understanding the need for infection control
       practices in dentistry is a sound knowledge of infectious disease and
       the potential for its transmission in the dental setting. To assess the
       infectious disease knowledge-base of dental practitioners, a
       questionnaire was developed and distributed to dentists in British
       Columbia. The survey results showed that many of the mechanisms, routes
       and risks for the transmission of viral pathogens in the dental setting
       are not clearly understood by dentists. Continuing education is needed
       to ensure that compliance with current infection control
       recommendations, and the provision of appropriate patient care,
       continues to be based on a clear understanding by dentists of the
       mechanisms of infection. By identifying the current infectious disease
       knowledge-base of dentists, this survey may permit more
       specifically-directed continuing education programs to be offered.
 DE    Adult  Analysis of Variance  Blood-Borne Pathogens  British Columbia
       Chi-Square Distribution  Communicable Diseases/*PSYCHOLOGY
       Dentists/*PSYCHOLOGY  *Disease Transmission  Female  Hepatitis
       B/TRANSMISSION  Hepatitis C/TRANSMISSION  Herpes Simplex/TRANSMISSION
       Human  HIV Infections/TRANSMISSION  *Infection Control  *Knowledge,
       Attitudes, Practice  Male  Occupational Exposure  Questionnaires  Risk
       Assessment  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Tuberculosis/TRANSMISSION  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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