Awareness about biomedical waste management and infection control among dentists of a teaching hospital in New Delhi, India.
All 64 dentists working in a teaching hospital of New Delhi participated in a survey. A pre-tested self-administered questionnaire was used to assess knowledge and practices of biomedical waste management and infection control among these dentists. The results show that not all dentists were aware of the risks they were exposed to and only half of them observed infection control practices. In addition to this, majority of them were not aware of proper hospital waste management. The dentists need to be educated on Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998 through extensive training programme.
Kishore
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Centre for Occupational & Environmental Health, and Dental Wing-Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Goel
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Sagar
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Joshi
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D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital; D018057:Dental Waste; D003815:Dentists; D004203:Disinfection; D005260:Female; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D019552:Infection Control, Dental; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D018057:Dental Waste; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal