Infection control practices and approaches in the dentistry field; a review | ||||
| Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research | ||||
| Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2024, Page 42-58 PDF (1019.84 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jbaar.2024.264242.1033 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Akram N Salah  1; Modi B Al-Otaibi2; Anwar Salah Farhan Al-dhmashi3; Amr A Mariee4
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| 1Assistant Lecturer at faculty of Pharmacy, Badr University in Cairo | ||||
| 2Nursing Specialist, Nursing Administration, KSA | ||||
| 3Director of nursing of Turaif AL-Awast Primary healthcare center. Turaif, KSA | ||||
| 4Researcher and Biostatistician at Public Health, and Nursing Administration. Minya University, Minya, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Patient safety is one of the vital disciplines in the medical field, in addition to that, the healthcare workers' safety and protection are also critical, preventing the dissemination and transmission of infectious diseases such as bacterial infections of Staphylococci, Streptococci, Mycobacterium spp, and other viruses such as Hepatitis B virus, is a critical thing that must be implemented in all healthcare settings, and dental settings specifically, so, achieving many methods to prevent infections and contamination from occurrence and dissemination is so crucial nowadays specifically with the spread of COVID-19 viral infections, several approaches such as Personal Protective Equipment, sterilization, disinfection, and immunization were done to prevent infections and keep patients and healthcare workers, such as dentists, health good. This review discusses the mean infection control approaches from healthcare professionals and dental settings as well as the ways to protect dentists and patients from any infectious diseases in the healthcare dental settings in an effective way. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Infection control - infection prevention - personal Protective Equipment - dentistry; healthcare professionals | ||||
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