Evaluación de la bioseguridad realizada por los estudiantes de odontología en clínica de cirugía UCSG A-2017.

Abstract

Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines "biosecurity" (or "biological safety") as the principles, techniques and practices applied in order to avoid unintentional exposure to biological agents and toxins, or its accidental release. According to data of ONU/AIDS program, by the end of 2002 there were 42 million people infected with HIV worldwide, by the year 2000, there were 2 billion infected with hepatitis B in the world and 170 million infected with hepatitis C in the same year. Materials and methods: An observational, cross-sectional and prospective study was carried out, in which 199 students of dentistry attended the surgery clinic of the period A-2017. The 199 participants are conformed by VI, VII and VIII cycle of the career. Results: In tables, each of the 28 questions, classified by cycle to show the total of evaluated students and the ones not evaluated (NE), are detailed. Students who had a favorable and unfavorable answer with their respective percentage of one total of 100% Discussion: sixth cycle with 56 students evaluated, had a favorable performance of 69.53% and a non-favorable performance of 30.47%. Seventh cycle, with 71 students evaluated, had a favorable performance of 66.65% and a non-favorable performance of 33.35%. Eighth cycle with 57 students evaluated had an average of 68.03% favorable and 31.97% non-favorable (we mean favorable as the percentage of students who successfully met the standards of biosecurity in the surgery clinic of the period A-2017).