DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000211
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Nathan U Ikimi, Dental and Maxillofacial Department, State House Medical Centre, State House, Abuja FCT, NigeriaReceived: July 10, 2017; Published: July 20, 2017
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and practices of disinfection of dental impression in Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos Nigeria and also to find out if the practices of these two tertiary hospitals were up to acceptable standards.
Material and Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of dental health givers in the two hospitals and it was carried out using self-administered questionnaires to investigate the knowledge and practices of dental impression disinfection. Data was collated and analyzed with SPSS version 20.
Results: The questionnaires distributed were 270 and we had a response rate of 83.3 % (225 questionnaires were returned completed). Respondents with Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree were 118(52.4%) while 107 (47.6%) were final year dental students. Hand washing before wearing gloves was done by 208(92.4%); hand washing after making impression was practiced by 222(98.7%). Water and antimicrobial soap for hand washing was practiced by 109(48.6%); while 3(1.3%) made use of water without soap. Respondents who used 1% Sodium hypochlorite as choice disinfectant were 181(80.4%).
Discussion: This study revealed a sufficient level of awareness and practices of disinfection of dental impression in the two institutions. The reason for this could be the importance attached to infection control during the training of dental students. Continuous training and updating of knowledge on new dental impression disinfection techniques is stressed.
Conclusion: We can conclude at the end of this study that there is a good knowledge of dental impression disinfection among health givers in the two institutions studied and this is demonstrated by their regular practice.
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