A Survey to evaluate Awareness and Practice of Infection Control among Under graduate students and Paramedical staff in South coastal Karnataka.

Prof (Dr) Manoj shetty; Dr Nivya john; Prof(Dr)Chethan Hegde

Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2016

A Survey to evaluate Awareness and Practice of Infection Control among Under graduate students and Paramedical staff in South coastal Karnataka.

Prof Dr Manoj Shetty, Dr Nivya John, Prof Dr Chethan Hegde

Abstract :

A successful dental treatment depends not only on skills of the dentist and /or the materials used but also the infection control practices followed while incorporating a treatment. Cross infection control has become a prime importance ever since the threat of infections has increased. The chain of infection doesn’t limit itself to the dental personnel itself but also spreads to the staff working in a dental practice. A survey was conducted in order to analyze the awareness and practice of infection control among Undergraduate students and paramedical staff in South coastal Karnataka. After collecting the feedback from 250 candidates, it was concluded that 67.5% dental graduates had excellent knowledge about infection control and 64.5% practiced infection control, where as 46% paramedical staff excellent knowledge and only 30% practiced infection control.