Awareness About Ppe Disinfection Methods Among Dental Students - The Need Of The Hour

Abstract

Introduction: Protective apparel, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment intended to shield the wearer's body from injury or infection is known as personal protective equipment (PPE). Physical, electrical, heat, chemicals, biohazards, and airborne particulate matter are all threats covered by protective equipment.

Aim: To assess the awareness of PPE disinfection methods among dental students.

Materials and methods: A questionnaire was prepared using Google forms based by on the awareness about the PPE disinfection methods among dental students in Chennai. It was then circulated among a certain set of participants using applications such as WhatsApp and Gmail.

Results and discussion: The results were obtained from SPSS in the form of graphs which were later added to pages. 30% of the males and 35% of the females are shown to be aware of the disinfection methods of the PPE kit. 27,50% of males and 45% of females prefer using proper disinfectants.

Conclusion: Knowledge and awareness of the various methods is not just enough since everyone need not be well versed about the leading technology of disinfection especially with the onset of the pandemic. Thus more awareness must be created.