NR AUGE
AU Szymanska,J.
TI Microbiological risk factors in dentistry. Current status of knowledge.
QU Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 2005; 12(2): 157-63
IA http://www.aaem.pl/pdf/12157.htm
PT journal article; review
AB Dentists belong to a professional group potentially exposed to harmful biological factors which most often are infectious microorganisms, less frequently - allergenic or toxic microorganisms. The fundamental routes of spreading harmful microorganisms in a dental surgery are: blood-borne, saliva-droplet, direct contact with a patient and with infected equipment, and water-droplet infections. In this paper, the current status of knowledge on microbiological hazards in a dentist's work is presented. Groups of microorganisms, such as prions, viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa, to which a dentist is, or may be exposed, are discussed. Epidemiological assessment of microbiological hazards in a dentist's work was performed and the basic principles of prevention formulated. Special attention was given to microflora in dental unit waterlines, and the biofilm persisting in them, as a source of occupational hazards specific for a dentist's workplace.
ZR 62
MH Bacterial Infections/epidemiology/microbiology; Dental Equipment/adverse effects/microbiology; *Dentistry; Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/*prevention & control; Equipment Contamination; Humans; Infection/epidemiology/*microbiology/*transmission; *Infection Control, Dental; Mycoses/epidemiology/microbiology; Occupational Diseases/epidemiology/*microbiology/prevention & control; Occupational Exposure/adverse effects/analysis; Prion Diseases/epidemiology; Protozoan Infections/epidemiology/microbiology; Risk Factors; Virus Diseases/epidemiology/transmission/virology
AD Department of Paedodontics, Medical University of Lublin, ul. Staszica 11, 20-018 Lublin, Poland. adpunctum@adres.pl
SP englisch
PO Polen