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KMID : 1020220110110010029
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2011 Volume.11 No. 1 p.29 ~ p.38
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A study on the awareness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and infection control among dental hygiene students in Yeungnam
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Lee Seung-Hun
Kim Dong-Yeol
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to survey the awareness of methicillin -resistant Staphylococcus
aureus(MRSA) among dental hygiene students in Yeungnam South Korea. Also the knowledge of infection control
and infection diseases was surveyed.
Methods: The subjects in this study were 213 dental hygiene students in three different colleges in Yeungnam.
This study was conducted by using the self-reported questionnaire.
Results: In the first, most of the students(86.9%) did not know about MRSA and 85.7% of them got the information
in the college. Secondly, the awareness of infectious disease according to infection control education didn’t have
statistically significant difference(p＞0.05). In the third, the infection control attitude level that the gowns should
be changed after the treatment of infectious patients was scored lower than the others questions. on the other
hand, the level of‘ The use of high vacuum suction’,‘ The change of wet mask’,‘ The history taking of infectious
disease’was scored higher. Finally, the attitude level according to grade and clinical training had statistically significant difference(p＜0.05). But the infection control education had not affected significantly(p＞0.05).
Conclusions : Despite the infection control education and clinical training, the awareness was found insufficient
in infectious diseases and MRSA. Therefore, it should be strengthen that the dental hygiene students were more
educated about infection control at college course before clinical training, and especially the danger of MRSA was
more.
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KEYWORD
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dental hygiene students, infection control, methicillinresistant staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcus aureus
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