Muhammad Abdullah Kamran, Rabia Shafique, Muhammad Amjad, Azad Ali Azad.
Self-Reported Hand Hygiene Practices Among Dentists In Various Dental Institutes Of Pakistan.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;37(1):114-8.

Proper hand hygiene is acknowledged as the most critical element of an adequate infection control program in the oral health care setting. This cross-sectional (KAP) study was carried out to assess the self-reported knowledge, attitudes and practices of dentists regarding Hand Hygiene from Various Dental institutes of Pakistan (Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, Islamic International Medical & Dental College Islamabad, Nishtar Institute of Dentistry Multan and Liaquat College of Medicine & Dentistry, Karachi, Pakistan) from July 2014 to December 2015. A total of 187 dentists including consultants, post graduate residents and house surgeons were included in the study by Non probability consecutive sampling. A self reported questionnaire derived from conducted survey by Myers R et al.3 were used to collect data. At the start of the practice day, forty three percent of participants always washed with antimicrobial soap but never disinfected with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Thirty six percent often/almost always washed with antimicrobial soap and disinfected with alcohol-based hand sanitizers. About one third were comfortable with their hand hygiene practices, regardless of what the CDC Hand Hygiene guideline Recommends. Most dentists used soap and water for HH frequently, and a smaller number use alcohol-based hand sanitizers for HH frequently. Further education of the dental community is warranted to improve HH compliance, efficacy of HH practices.

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