Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of infection control guidelines among dental students in Islamic International Dental Hospital Islamabad, Pakistan

The aim of the study was to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice among 3rd year and final year students at Islamic International Dental Hospital, Riphah International University, Islamabad. This study consisted of 151 students of 3rd year and final year. Questionnaire was containing 21 questions related to vaccination status, barrier techniques infection control practices and awareness. The questionnaire was distributed through Google forms to the students after taking consent from them. The data was analyzed and tabulated through SPSS version 23. All of the participants responded to the questionnaire (response rate =100%). The compliance for the hepatitis B vaccination was slightly low in the students’ (79.9%), however compliance with the use of protective barriers was high with the exception of protective eye wear which was only 23.8% . the score for knowledge, attitude and practice of 3rd year students was higher than final year students. The result of this study was not very satisfactory. More knowledge about infection control measures should be provided to the students, moreover efforts are needed to improve the attitude and practice of the dental students towards infection control at Islamic International Dental Hospital, Islamabad. Further education may be appropriate in number of areas such as wearing protective eye wear and vaccination against Hepatitis B