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The purpose of present survey was to determine the sterilization patterns of dental instruments and prevention levels to prevent cross-infections of dental clinics in Taegu city. For this, 6 general hospitals, 102 private dental clinics and 20 provincial public health center were selected and surveyed with a direct question survey method. The results were as follows ; 1. Among 290 persons of dental man-powers, 179 persons(61.72%) had routine check of their own general health, 175 persons(60.34%) had been vaccinated with B-type hepatitis vaccine, and 113 persons(38.97%) replied that they had antibodies of B-type hepatitis. 2. Among 102 dentists of private dental clinec, the dentist who took history taking of past medical history such as viral hepatitis and tuberculosis was 6.9%. In multiple answers of preventive measures to prevent cross-infection, 89.6% was used to mask, 46.7% used gloves, 40.0% used the protective glasses, 15.6% used the high sucction apparatus, and 9.6% were always used the rubber-dam during dental treatments. 3. The most favorable sterilization method among 135 dentists was autoclaving(64.4%) and ultraviolet sterilization(28.1%), sterilize by boiling(3.7%), chemical sterilization(3.7%) in descending order. 4. The percentage of re-use of lidcatine amples in 102 private dental clinic was 20.6% and re-use of disposable local anesthetic needle was 5.9%
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