Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards infection control among dental undergraduate students-A cross-sectional survey

• Published in: The journal of the Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 65 - 70
• Main Authors: Girotra, Charu, Acharya, Siddharth, Shetty, Omkar, Savla, Siddhi, Punjani, Mahinoor, Shah, Tanmik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.01.2021; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: College students; communicable disease; dentist; Diseases; Health aspects; India; Infection control; students; Surveys; universal procedures; India; students; universal procedures; Communicable disease; dentist

Introduction: Health-care personnel are always susceptible to infectious diseases if inadequate infection control measures are undertaken. In a dental setup, transmission occurs through air, blood, saliva droplets, or improper sterilization of instruments. Despite various standardized protocols in i...