Occupational exposure to contaminated biological material: perceptions and feelings experienced among dental students

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Autor(a) principal: PINELLI,Camila
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: MOUTA,Luis Felipe Garcia Leal
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista de Odontologia da UNESP
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Resumo: INTRODUCTION: Dental students may be a particularly vulnerable group exposed to the risk of acquiring infections through occupational injuries.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the perceptions with regard to their occupational exposure to potentially infectious biologic materials.MATERIAL AND METHOD: Interviews were conducted by means of a script with open questions. The speeches were recorded, transcribed and qualitative analysis was performed with the aid of QUALIQUANTISOFT® software. The Collective Subject Discourse (CSD) was obtained.RESULT: The feeling most frequently experienced was related to the fear of contagion. Most accidents occurred during the handling of sharp dental instruments. Respondents attributed the occurrence of accidents especially the lack of attention, carelessness while handling sharp instruments, and lack of use of Personal Protective Equipment. As regards the measures taken right after the exposure, they "washed the local area". Other respondents reported they "continued the dental treatment". They complained mostly about the fear of having been infected, and because they had to leave the faculty to take blood exams for HIV screening. As part of the learning experience the injured reported they paid more attention when handling sharp instruments. The students informed that any type of injury due to contact with contaminated material must be notified. However, they were neglectful about reporting their own injury.CONCLUSION: Education strategies for preventive measures related to occupational exposure must be restructured, because the knowledge and the fear of contagion among dental students were not always sufficient for a complete adherence to treatment protocols and notification.
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spelling Occupational exposure to contaminated biological material: perceptions and feelings experienced among dental studentsEpidemiologystudents dentalexposure to biological agentsoccupational exposurequalitative researchoccupational healthINTRODUCTION: Dental students may be a particularly vulnerable group exposed to the risk of acquiring infections through occupational injuries.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the perceptions with regard to their occupational exposure to potentially infectious biologic materials.MATERIAL AND METHOD: Interviews were conducted by means of a script with open questions. The speeches were recorded, transcribed and qualitative analysis was performed with the aid of QUALIQUANTISOFT® software. The Collective Subject Discourse (CSD) was obtained.RESULT: The feeling most frequently experienced was related to the fear of contagion. Most accidents occurred during the handling of sharp dental instruments. Respondents attributed the occurrence of accidents especially the lack of attention, carelessness while handling sharp instruments, and lack of use of Personal Protective Equipment. As regards the measures taken right after the exposure, they "washed the local area". Other respondents reported they "continued the dental treatment". They complained mostly about the fear of having been infected, and because they had to leave the faculty to take blood exams for HIV screening. As part of the learning experience the injured reported they paid more attention when handling sharp instruments. The students informed that any type of injury due to contact with contaminated material must be notified. However, they were neglectful about reporting their own injury.CONCLUSION: Education strategies for preventive measures related to occupational exposure must be restructured, because the knowledge and the fear of contagion among dental students were not always sufficient for a complete adherence to treatment protocols and notification.Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho2014-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-25772014000400273Revista de Odontologia da UNESP v.43 n.4 2014reponame:Revista de Odontologia da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESP10.1590/rou.2014.043info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPINELLI,CamilaMOUTA,Luis Felipe Garcia Lealeng2015-09-24T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1807-25772014000400273Revistahttps://www.revodontolunesp.com.br/PUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||adriana@foar.unesp.br1807-25770101-1774opendoar:2015-09-24T00:00Revista de Odontologia da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Occupational exposure to contaminated biological material: perceptions and feelings experienced among dental students
title Occupational exposure to contaminated biological material: perceptions and feelings experienced among dental students
spellingShingle Occupational exposure to contaminated biological material: perceptions and feelings experienced among dental students
PINELLI,Camila
Epidemiology
students dental
exposure to biological agents
occupational exposure
qualitative research
occupational health
title_short Occupational exposure to contaminated biological material: perceptions and feelings experienced among dental students
title_full Occupational exposure to contaminated biological material: perceptions and feelings experienced among dental students
title_fullStr Occupational exposure to contaminated biological material: perceptions and feelings experienced among dental students
title_full_unstemmed Occupational exposure to contaminated biological material: perceptions and feelings experienced among dental students
title_sort Occupational exposure to contaminated biological material: perceptions and feelings experienced among dental students
author PINELLI,Camila
author_facet PINELLI,Camila
MOUTA,Luis Felipe Garcia Leal
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author2 MOUTA,Luis Felipe Garcia Leal
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MOUTA,Luis Felipe Garcia Leal
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Epidemiology
students dental
exposure to biological agents
occupational exposure
qualitative research
occupational health
topic Epidemiology
students dental
exposure to biological agents
occupational exposure
qualitative research
occupational health
description INTRODUCTION: Dental students may be a particularly vulnerable group exposed to the risk of acquiring infections through occupational injuries.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the perceptions with regard to their occupational exposure to potentially infectious biologic materials.MATERIAL AND METHOD: Interviews were conducted by means of a script with open questions. The speeches were recorded, transcribed and qualitative analysis was performed with the aid of QUALIQUANTISOFT® software. The Collective Subject Discourse (CSD) was obtained.RESULT: The feeling most frequently experienced was related to the fear of contagion. Most accidents occurred during the handling of sharp dental instruments. Respondents attributed the occurrence of accidents especially the lack of attention, carelessness while handling sharp instruments, and lack of use of Personal Protective Equipment. As regards the measures taken right after the exposure, they "washed the local area". Other respondents reported they "continued the dental treatment". They complained mostly about the fear of having been infected, and because they had to leave the faculty to take blood exams for HIV screening. As part of the learning experience the injured reported they paid more attention when handling sharp instruments. The students informed that any type of injury due to contact with contaminated material must be notified. However, they were neglectful about reporting their own injury.CONCLUSION: Education strategies for preventive measures related to occupational exposure must be restructured, because the knowledge and the fear of contagion among dental students were not always sufficient for a complete adherence to treatment protocols and notification.
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