title: Percutaneous injuries among dental health care workers.
abstract: To evaluate percutaneous injuries among dental health care workers this survey posed two questions: Is there a difference in the number of percutaneous injuries occurring among dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants, and Is there a difference in the number of injuries that occur intraorally or extraorally among dental health care workers as a whole, and within each occupational group? This prospective study included demographic information and an incident report. The incident report tabulated type of injury (intraoral or extraoral), procedure during which the injury occurred, and type of instrument that caused the injury.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Blank
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003762:Dental Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects; D003797:Dental Staff; D003813:Dentistry; D005792:General Practice, Dental; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013039:Specialties, Dental; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000453:epidemiology*