Negligência em saúde: vacinação contra a hepatite B entre cirurgiões-dentistas

• Autor(a) principal: Parras, Andrea Alves [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/156876; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/capelo/2018-07-04/000905324.pdf
• topic: Hepatite B; Padrões de prática odontológica; Exposição ocupacional; Vacinas contra Hepatite B; Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is considered to be one of the major public health problems due its pandemic contagious nature that results in high mortality rates. In the health field, specifically in dentistry, this disease has been issue for discussions, considering the vulnerability and risks of dentists to its viral infection. The objective of this study was the analyze the perception and attitude of the Dentists of a medium-sized municipality on the topic of hepatitis B. It is a descriptive, transversal and quantitative study with 25 Dental Surgeons of Basic Health Care. Data were collected though a semi-structured self-administered survey with objective and discursive questions on the subject. The data analysis consisted in descriptive statistics, and the results explained through tabular representation using the Epi software. Info 7.1. The results showed that 16% of the respondents didn't know the necessary number of doses to protection against hepatitis B. Regarding the Anti-HbsAg test, 56% of the professionals were wrong or didn't know what it was. When questioned if vaccinated, 88% of the dentists affirmed they followed the protocol, and about 90% of them took all 3 doses. Considering occupational accidents, 24% of the study participants reported already been drilled, from which 67% reported that this incident occurred only once. In addition, about professionals who were injured, none of their patients performed the necessary tests, and only 33% of the dentists took the necessary prophylactic measures. It is concluded that the perception of dentists on the topic of hepatitis B is not satisfactory. In addition, considerable part of the professionals doesn't follow properly the vaccination protocol, and the self-care attitudes in health are very flawed and neglected