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标题：Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Practitioners Related to Disinfection during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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作者：Shaur Sarfaraz ; Juzer Shabbir ; Muhammad Adeel Mudasser 等
期刊名称：Healthcare
电子版ISSN：2227-9032
出版年度：2020
卷号：8
期号：3
页码：232-240
DOI：10.3390/healthcare8030232
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：The world is currently facing a pandemic crisis due to a novel coronavirus. For this purpose, acquiring updated knowledge regarding prevention and disinfection during the current pandemic is necessary for every dental practitioner. In our study, we aimed to evaluate globally the level of knowledge and the attitude of dental practitioners related to disinfection. A total of 385 participants out of 401 participants from 23 different countries across the world were included in the final analysis after the exclusion of incomplete responses. The majority of the dentists who responded were females (53.8%) and were practicing at private health institutes (36.4%). The mean knowledge score of the participants was estimated to be 4.19 ± 1.88 out of 12, reflecting insufficient knowledge, and the mean attitude score of the participants was estimated to be 12.24 ± 3.23 out of 15, which shows a positive attitude toward disinfection practices during coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Thus, the current study indicated a lack of knowledge in fundamental aspects of disinfection protocols with a significant and positive attitude from dental health professionals toward disinfection regarding the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
关键词：disinfection; SAR-CoV-2; surfaces; hygiene; COVID-19; dentistry; mouthwash disinfection ; SAR-CoV-2 ; surfaces ; hygiene ; COVID-19 ; dentistry ; mouthwash