Percutaneous exposure incidents - prevalence, knowledge and perceptions of dental personnel and students at a dental training site in KwaZulu-Natal

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dc.contributor.authorMoodley, I.
dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Sudeshni
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-02T15:13:37Z
dc.date.available2016-06-02T15:13:37Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractHealthcare workers, including dental practitioners and dental students, are at risk of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens such as hepatitis B, C and HIV. The present study set out to determine the prevalence, knowledge, management and perceptions of percutaneous injuries among staff and students at a dental training institute in Durban, KwaZulu - Natal with a view to identifying policies aimed at reducing the incidence. The prevalence of percutaneous injuries experienced by dental staff and students from 2001 to 2011 was determined. The levels of knowledge and their management of percutaneous injuries were determined among current dental staff and students. The dental department sustained 40% of total Hospital injuries, and of these 76% were suffered by students and 24% by staff. 22% of the sample had sustained a percutaneous injury, and of these, 57% had endured more than one and 24%, three or more injuries. Most current respondents had reported the incident (81%) and had taken the initial dose of post exposure prophylaxis; however, only 22% had taken the medication for the recommended period of four weeks. Avoiding percutaneous injuries by adopting safe work practices is probably the best practice to prevent transmission of blood-borne infections such as Hepatitis and HIV.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDHETen_US
dc.identifier.citationMoodley, I. and Naidoo, S. (2015). Percutaneous exposure incidents - prevalence, knowledge and perceptions of dental personnel and students at a dental training site in KwaZulu-Natal. South African Dental Journal, 70(8): 334 - 339en_US
dc.identifier.issn0011-8516
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2264
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherSouth African Dental Associationen_US
dc.rights.uriThis file may be freely used for educational uses. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of the South African Dental Association (SADA). Note that the SADA retains all intellectual property rights in the article.
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dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectHealthcare workers
dc.subjectHealthcare environment
dc.subjectHealthcare professionals
dc.subjectPercutaneous exposure
dc.subjectPercutaneous injuries
dc.subjectHospital injuries
dc.titlePercutaneous exposure incidents - prevalence, knowledge and perceptions of dental personnel and students at a dental training site in KwaZulu-Natalen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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