Ethics and Biosafety in Dental Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
<strong>Background:</strong> the only way of contracting human immunodeficiency virus during dental treatment is through contact with the blood of an HIV-positive patient with non-intact skin or mucosa of the professional. This requires biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of crossed...
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| author | Ana Ibis Betancourt García Carlos Lázaro Nodal García Jorge Manuel García Rodríguez Diosky Ferrer Vilches Elizabeth Álvarez Heredia |
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| description | <strong>Background:</strong> the only way of contracting human immunodeficiency virus during dental treatment is through contact with the blood of an HIV-positive patient with non-intact skin or mucosa of the professional. This requires biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of crossed infection and ensure compliance of bioethical aspects to be considered when treating these patients.<br /> <strong>Objective:</strong> To determine knowledge levels of dentists on biosafety and bioethical principle of justice in the treatment of patients with human immunodeficiency virus.<br /> <strong>Methods:</strong> A cross sectional and descriptive study was conducted involving 45 professionals who worked in Stomatological clinics of three parishes in Caracas, Venezuela, from January to December 2010. The following were analyzed: knowledge on biosafety (mechanisms of disease transmission, control measures and flowchart sterilization measures before an accident) and the justice bioethical principle (time and place of treatment, instruments used and time to devote to patient). <br /><strong>Results:</strong> The knowledge level according to the bioethical principle of justice was assessed: 40% for good, 37.7% for average and 22.2% for bad. For biosecurity measures it was obtained: 26.6% good, 24.4% average and 48.8% bad. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> knowledge level on the bioethical principle of justice and biosecurity measures to treat patients living with human immunodeficiency virus is unsatisfactory in more than half of the dentists surveyed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-840911ffb9c34f1d9e3f298b381eaee92025-01-30T21:28:46ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2013-02-011114453951Ethics and Biosafety in Dental Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency VirusAna Ibis Betancourt García0Carlos Lázaro Nodal García1Jorge Manuel García Rodríguez2Diosky Ferrer Vilches3Elizabeth Álvarez Heredia4Clínica Estomatológica de Especialidades. Cienfuegos.Filial de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos.Filial de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos.Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos.Policlínico Mario Escalona. Alamar. La Habana.<strong>Background:</strong> the only way of contracting human immunodeficiency virus during dental treatment is through contact with the blood of an HIV-positive patient with non-intact skin or mucosa of the professional. This requires biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of crossed infection and ensure compliance of bioethical aspects to be considered when treating these patients.<br /> <strong>Objective:</strong> To determine knowledge levels of dentists on biosafety and bioethical principle of justice in the treatment of patients with human immunodeficiency virus.<br /> <strong>Methods:</strong> A cross sectional and descriptive study was conducted involving 45 professionals who worked in Stomatological clinics of three parishes in Caracas, Venezuela, from January to December 2010. The following were analyzed: knowledge on biosafety (mechanisms of disease transmission, control measures and flowchart sterilization measures before an accident) and the justice bioethical principle (time and place of treatment, instruments used and time to devote to patient). <br /><strong>Results:</strong> The knowledge level according to the bioethical principle of justice was assessed: 40% for good, 37.7% for average and 22.2% for bad. For biosecurity measures it was obtained: 26.6% good, 24.4% average and 48.8% bad. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> knowledge level on the bioethical principle of justice and biosecurity measures to treat patients living with human immunodeficiency virus is unsatisfactory in more than half of the dentists surveyed.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/2303ética médicabioéticaexposición a agentes biológicosatención dental para enfermos crónicossíndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquiridaconocimientos, actitudes y práctica en salud |
| spellingShingle | Ana Ibis Betancourt García Carlos Lázaro Nodal García Jorge Manuel García Rodríguez Diosky Ferrer Vilches Elizabeth Álvarez Heredia Ethics and Biosafety in Dental Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Medisur ética médica bioética exposición a agentes biológicos atención dental para enfermos crónicos síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida conocimientos, actitudes y práctica en salud |
| title | Ethics and Biosafety in Dental Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| title_full | Ethics and Biosafety in Dental Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| title_fullStr | Ethics and Biosafety in Dental Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethics and Biosafety in Dental Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| title_short | Ethics and Biosafety in Dental Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| title_sort | ethics and biosafety in dental care for patients with human immunodeficiency virus |
| topic | ética médica bioética exposición a agentes biológicos atención dental para enfermos crónicos síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida conocimientos, actitudes y práctica en salud |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/2303 |
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