Estimación del conocimiento de normas de bioseguridad por los estudiantes de odontología de la UCSG, 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: Biosafety standards are measurements in charge of avoiding the transmission of infectious diseases, for which they must always be applied to safeguard the healthy either the patient and the health worker. Aim: To determine the level of knowledge about biosafety standards by UCSG’s dentistry student, 2020. Methods and materials: Transversal-descriptive study, with a sample of 100 dentistry career students, the level of knowledge was evaluated by digital questionnaire, which was analyzed by Excel tabulations and graphic representations. Results: From 100 digital questionnaires analyzed, it was shown that dentistry students do have knowledge about the biosafety standards, 73% of the sample was female. Some variables that shows mistakes were changing gloves and the change of protection barriers between patients. Conclusion: Dentistry students show enough knowledge about biosafety standards, although most do not apply it adequately.