Assessment of Infection Control in Dental Clinics at Ibb City, Republic of Yemen: Dentists’ Perspective

Ahmed Mohammed Alduais; Salah Ghalib Mogali

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Assessment of Infection Control in Dental Clinics at Ibb City, Republic of Yemen: Dentists’ Perspective

Ahmed Mohammed Alduais, Salah Ghalib Mogali

Published in Science Journal of Public Health (Volume 3, Issue 3)

Received: 25 April 2015 Accepted: 11 May 2015 Published: 21 May 2015

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Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to find out the practical infection control procedures from the dentists’ perceptive at hospitals and dental centers at Ibb city in the Republic of Yemen. Method: The data was drawn using a researcher-made questionnaire, random sampling procedures was followed to select 252 dentists from the private, governmental, teaching hospitals and from dental centers at Ibb city in the Republic of Yemen, using a descriptive analysis. Results: The researchers found that the participating dentists agree to the weakness role of the administration regarding infection control where they varied in responding to the role of the dentists during the preparation stage and post treatment stage, but agreed to the treatment phase practices. There was a shortage in practical dealing with the medical waste management and clear shortage in the qualification and training among the nursing staff according to the collected data. The biggest problem with the reviewers who have infectious diseases and didn’t reveal their health status to the dentists with percentage 62.7% dissatisfied the current infection control management, also dissatisfied the role administration of the hospital and the Ministry of the Health. Conclusion: These findings are the first to document the practical infection control and the role of administration in Yemen. The situation is very critical and an action needs to be taken by decision-makers and health organizations.

Published in	Science Journal of Public Health (Volume 3, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjph.20150303.29
Page(s)	423-432
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Infection Control, Health Administration, Medical Waste, Nursing Staff, Patient Safety, Dentist Role

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Ahmed Mohammed Alduais, Salah Ghalib Mogali. Assessment of Infection Control in Dental Clinics at Ibb City, Republic of Yemen: Dentists’ Perspective. Sci J Public Health. 2015;3(3):423-432. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20150303.29

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Ahmed Mohammed Alduais

Department of Linguistics, Institute of Social Sciences, Ankara University, S?hhiye, Ankara, Turkey
Salah Ghalib Mogali

Department of Health Administration, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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