Open AccessOccupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens and its underreporting in dental teaching environment in an Indian dental school
Author(s) -
Nilesh V Joshi,
Mridula Joshi,
Varsha Rathod,
Deepak Langde
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_172_20
Subject(s) - internship , medicine , bachelor , occupational exposure , family medicine , environmental health , protocol (science) , dentistry , medical education , alternative medicine , geography , pathology , archaeology
The aims of this study were 1) to find out the prevalence of occupational exposures to contaminated biological material among undergraduate students and interns; 2) to find out how many cases of occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens are reported; and 3) to know the reasons for non-reporting of occupational exposures.