Infection control practices among dental professionals in Shiraz Dentistry School, Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-51

  Askarian, Mehrdad ^a   Assadian, Ojan ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attitude; Dental health professionals; Hepatitis; HIV; Infection control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; GAS MASK; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; IRAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL;

EID: 59849117133     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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