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Percutaneous injuries among dental health care workers
General Dentistry
|February 25, 2000
Abstract:
To evaluate percutaneous injuries among dental health care workers this survey posed two questions: Is there a difference in the number of percutaneous injuries occurring among dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants, and Is there a difference in the number of injuries that occur intraorally or extraorally among dental health care workers as a whole, and within each occupational group? This prospective study included demographic information and an incident report. The incident report tabulated type of injury (intraoral or extraoral), procedure during which the injury occurred, and type of instrument that caused the injury.