Mercury and Other Biomedical Waste Management Practices among Dental Practitioners in India
المؤلفون المشاركون
Kumari, Reema
Singh, Raghuwar D.
Jurel, Sunit K.
Agrawal, Kaushal K.
Tripathi, Shuchi
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2014-08-04
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Objectives.
The objective of the study was to assess the awareness and performance towards dental waste including mercury management policy and practices among the dental practitioners in North India.
Materials and Methods.
An epidemiologic survey was conducted among 200 private dental practitioners.
The survey form was composed of 29 self-administered questions frame based on knowledge, attitude, and those regarding the practices of dentists in relation to dental health-care waste management.
The resulting data were coded and a statistical analysis was done.
Results and Discussion.
About 63.7% of the dentists were not aware of the different categories of biomedical waste generated in their clinics.
Only 31.9% of the dentists correctly said that outdated and contaminated drugs come under cytotoxic waste.
46.2% said they break the needle and dispose of it and only 21.9% use needle burner to destroy it.
45.0% of the dentists dispose of the developer and fixer solutions by letting them into the sewer, 49.4% of them dilute the solutions and let them into sewer and only 5.6% return them to the supplier.
About 40.6% of the dentists dispose of excess silver amalgam by throwing it into common bin.
Conclusion.
It was concluded that not all dentists were aware of the risks they were exposed to and only half of them observe infection control practices.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Singh, Raghuwar D.& Jurel, Sunit K.& Tripathi, Shuchi& Agrawal, Kaushal K.& Kumari, Reema. 2014. Mercury and Other Biomedical Waste Management Practices among Dental Practitioners in India. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
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نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Singh, Raghuwar D.…[et al.]. Mercury and Other Biomedical Waste Management Practices among Dental Practitioners in India. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
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نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Singh, Raghuwar D.& Jurel, Sunit K.& Tripathi, Shuchi& Agrawal, Kaushal K.& Kumari, Reema. Mercury and Other Biomedical Waste Management Practices among Dental Practitioners in India. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-459310
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-459310
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر