Knowledge About Spread of HIV Infection Among Dentists Employed in Private and State Practice

Introduction: Lack of knowledge of how an infection is spread and how to control the infection in dental medicine indicates that there is possibility of more spreading and that dental medicine requires more education about this problem. Material and methods: Research conducted in period of May and July as a study of random selection from 271 workers in dental medicine from Canton Sarajevo: 147 dentists employed in public health care and 124 employed in private sector. Results: Results show that dentists employed in private sector have more knowledge about HIV infection spread than those employed in public sector of dental medicine(t=-2,82, p=0,005). Research have shown that dentists who have less then 10 years of experience know more about HIV spread than dentist with more work experience (F=6,377, p=0,000). Conclusion: We think that is essential to work on expending knowledge on blood transmitted pathogens with all medical workers and especially those that are most exposed like dentists.