Evaluation of Infection Control Measures among Dental Technicians In Benghazi City–Libya

Abstract

Introduction:

A cross infection is transfer of harmful microorganisms from susceptible host to reservoir these microorganisms . In general, dental technicians may be exposed to infection with non-disinfected items especially if  are handled without gloves and masks wearing, to control these way of transmission it  recommended  focuses  more on disinfection practice for them  . The aim of this paper is to assess practice of routine infection control  among dental technicians in dental laboratories.

Methods:

This was a secondary data study extracted from primary data through a cross-sectional study of a random sample of 100 dental technician  at dental laboratories( private and public ) , Benghazi , Libya used a self-administrated questionnaire that designed to evaluate  practice of infection control measures among them. The collected data were analysed using SPSS for Windows, version 16. The alpha value was 0.05

Results:

a significantly higher proportion of males’s dental technicians comparing to female 61.1% and38.9%respectively. Most the participants (94.1% and 88.2%) who work in both (private and public ) washing  their hands before and after using gloves and wear gloves during work respectively. statistically significant was observed in  the categories age and practice .The technicians who their age 50 years and more had good practices than other groups.

Conclusion:

public and private laboratories   must enforce the already existing Stander precaution , and  all technicians  should be  made aware of this policy by continues education program about  infection control  and necessity involved during  their study curriculum before work.

Keywords: dental technicians, dental laboratories,  practice, infection control.