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Atitudes dos médicos dentistas relativamente aos riscos de exposição a agentes infecciosos de transmissão hematogénica
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Objetivo: Avaliar os conhecimentos, as atitudes e os comportamentos dos médicos dentistas acerca da exposição profissional aos agentes infecciosos de transmissão hematogénica. Anali-sar a incidência e as causas das exposições ocupacionais para identificar como podem ser pre-venidas.
Materiais e Métodos: Realizou-se um estudo transversal, cuja os 303 participantes são médi-cos dentistas inscritos na Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas em Portugal. Os inquiridos responde-ram à um questionário com 49 perguntas relativas aos riscos de exposição ocupacional no consultório médico-dentário. O questionário foi disponibilizado on-line através do software googleforms. Os dados foram tratados através do programa Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. A pesquisa bibliográfica realizou-se na base de dados da MEDLINE/PubMed com limites temporais de 10 anos e sem limites línguisticos. A pesquisa resultou num total de 25 artigos.
Resultados: Os riscos de exposição ocupacional são uma realidade para os médicos dentistas. Os conhecimentos e as atitudes dos inquiridos parecem ser inadequados, o que leva a compor-tamentos de riscos e aumenta a possibilidade de transmissão de doenças hematogénicas. Den-tre eles, 62% sofreram ao menos de uma exposição ocupacional cuja a mais frequente foi a lesão por picada de agulha durante a recolocação da tampa.
Conclusão: Há uma necessidade indispensável de desenvolver um programa de educação dos médicos dentistas relativamente ao controlo de infecção, incluída precocemente durante o mestrado de medicina dentária e repetida regularmente como parte de um desenvolvimento profissional contínuo.
Objective: Evaluate knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of dentists about occupational ex-posure to infectious agents of hematogenic transmission. Analyse incidence and causes of occupational exposures to identify how they can be prevented. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out, in which 303 participants were dentists enrolled in the Portuguese Dental Association. Participants answered 49 ques-tions regarding risks of occupational exposure in dental office. The questionary was available online throughe google forms software. Data were processed through the statistical package for the social sciences program. The literature search was conducted with Medline-PubMed database along 10 years time and no linguistic limits. The total resulted to 25 articles. Results: The risks of occupational exposure are a reality for dentists. Knowledge and atti-tudes of respondents appear to be inadequate, leading to risky behaviors and increasing the possibility of transmission of hematogenous diseases. Among them, 62% suffered at least one occupational exposure, the most frequent being a needle stick injury during device recapping. Conclusion: There is a real need to develop an infection control education programs for den-tists, which included early during the master's degree in dentistry and regularly repeated as part of continuous professional development.
Objective: Evaluate knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of dentists about occupational ex-posure to infectious agents of hematogenic transmission. Analyse incidence and causes of occupational exposures to identify how they can be prevented. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out, in which 303 participants were dentists enrolled in the Portuguese Dental Association. Participants answered 49 ques-tions regarding risks of occupational exposure in dental office. The questionary was available online throughe google forms software. Data were processed through the statistical package for the social sciences program. The literature search was conducted with Medline-PubMed database along 10 years time and no linguistic limits. The total resulted to 25 articles. Results: The risks of occupational exposure are a reality for dentists. Knowledge and atti-tudes of respondents appear to be inadequate, leading to risky behaviors and increasing the possibility of transmission of hematogenous diseases. Among them, 62% suffered at least one occupational exposure, the most frequent being a needle stick injury during device recapping. Conclusion: There is a real need to develop an infection control education programs for den-tists, which included early during the master's degree in dentistry and regularly repeated as part of continuous professional development.
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Prática odontológica Controlo de infecção Doença ocupacional Lesões com agulha e instrumento perfurante e cortante Transmissão de doença infecciosa Conhecimento e atitude Hepatites VIH Dental practice Infection control Occupational disease Needle stick and sharps injuries Infectious disease transmission Knowledge and attitude Hepatitis HIV