Open AccessComparison of Compliance with Infection Control Practices Among Dental Students in Saudi Arabia Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Dalia E. Meisha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s318031
Subject(s) - infection control , audit , medicine , pandemic , hygiene , checklist , personal protective equipment , outbreak , hand washing , compliance (psychology) , covid-19 , family medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , intensive care medicine , psychology , pathology , accounting , business , social psychology , cognitive psychology
With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, professional organizations issued new guidelines for infection control standards in dental clinics. The objective of this study was to compare dental students' compliance with those standards before the COVID-19 outbreak and during the pandemic.