Awareness And Practice of Cross Infection Control in Prosthodontics Department among the Undergraduates, Graduates and Postgraduates in a Tertiary Dental Health Care Institution

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the awareness and practice of cross infection control among the undergraduates,
graduates and postgraduates in Prosthodontics Department of a tertiary dental health care institution.
Study Design: Cross-sectional survey.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in March 2022 to May 2022, at Prosthodontics
Department of Armed forces institute of Dentistry (AFID), a tertiary dental health care institution, Rawalpindi.
Materials and Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were distributed. Data was analysed using IBM SPSS
Statistics 24 software and descriptive statistics including frequencies were calculated.
Results: The response rate was 100%. 99.2% participants had knowledge of sterilization, disinfection and
asepsis. 98.5% believed that cross infection control is important in prosthodontics; 80% believed that
sterilization protocol is being followed in the tertiary dental health care institute. 88.5% used gloves and 86.5%
disinfected dentures before final insertion. 66% did not use eyewear, 75.4% did not disinfect rubber bowl in
between patients. 56.9% did not disinfect facebow before sending it to dental laboratory.
Conclusion: The overall knowledge, attitude and performance of participants included in this study were found
to be satisfactory. Workshops and awareness programs should be conducted on regular basis for the students
from the beginning of preclinical years of under graduation of dentistry.

How to cite this: Rehman B, Bano V, Afzal S, Arshad M, Rehan A, Mustafa S. Awareness And Practice of Cross Infection Control in Prosthodontics Department among the Undergraduate, Graduates and Postgraduates in a Tertiary Dental Health Care Institution. Life and Science. 2022; 3(3): 134-140. doi: http://doi.org/10.37185/LnS.1.1.239