Occupational Accidents With Students In Dentistry During Clinical Activities: A Relevant Problem

Research Article
Hugo Leite Rodrigues Neto., Hugo Chaves de Oliveira., Ana Paula Ferreira., Leonardo Santos Picinini and Rodrigo Guerra de Oliveira
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0908.2496
Subject: 
science
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Abstract: 

Dental students are in a group more prone to occupational accidents during clinical care because they are in the process of learning, presenting clinical inexperience and limited development of abilities, as well asworking in a complex region and with a great presence of microorganisms. Thus, this study aims to analyze the history of occupational accidents in a dental school, as well as to verify which organs and dental materials were more prone to the occurrence of these accidents, in addition to the vaccination status of the injured students. For the development of this research, medical records were consultedfor all dental students of the FCMS / JF who suffered accidents during clinical care between the years of 2012 and 2017, excluding students who had incomplete medical records. The results indicated a total of 75 accidents in the above-mentioned period, with a higher incidence of accidents in the school clinic of HMTJ (63). The anesthesia needle was the material with the highest accident rate (34.66%), consisting of the majority of the recurrences of the second left chirodactyl (22.66%), with 72% of the sample having a complete vaccine card. It is concluded that the great occurrence of accidents with students of dentistry is related to negligence regarding the biosafety and immunization norms, leading to injuries mainly affectingthe chirodactylsby anesthesia needles.