M Zakirulla
Department of Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontic Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid university, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
Infection Control Measures in Dental Clinics in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author(s): Mohammad Zahir Kota, M Zakirulla*, Zishan Haider, Mohammed Ibrahim, Khaled A Asiri, Saeed M AlAbdulrahman, Abdullah M Asiri, Abeer A Abdullah, Shaden M Homadi, Fahad M AL Oudhah, Abdulaziz A Alasmari, Abdulaziz A Othman, Ahmed M Alshahrani, Ahmed F Alqahtani and Raghad S Alhifzi
Aim: This study aimed to investigate knowledge, attitude, and practices relative to infection control measures in private dental clinics in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abha, Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods: The study will be conducted using a survey questionnaire including questions on various aspects of routine infection control measures in dental clinics. Questionnaires will be sent via social media networks to assess dentists' knowledge, attitude, and practices of infection control measures. Questionnaires with less than 90% of completed answers will be excluded. The data were entered and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 20). Chi-square test will be used in bivariate analysis to assess differences in infection control knowledge, attitude, and practice according to gender, qualification (general practitioner versus specialist), geographic.. Read More»