Quantitative study on high-touch surface in oral diagnosis and treatment procedures / 中国感染控制杂志

Objective To clarify the high-touch surface in oral diagnosis and treatment procedures,provide basis and guidance for cleaning and disinfection.Methods The direct observation method was used to investigate the tou-ch time and frequency of environmental surfaces in 7 outpatient departments of a tertiary stomatology hospitals in Beijing.The average touch frequency,95％confidence interval and cumulative touch rate were calculated.Results In oral diagnosis and treatment procedures,the average touch frequency of the environmental surface was 26.75 times per procedure,with the highest in endodontics(46.25 times per procedure)and the lowest in the oral mucosal specialty(10.19 times per procedure).The high-touch surface consisted of the shadowless lamp handle,manipula-tion panel and handle on dental unit(doctor's side),computer keyboard and mouse,handle and line front end of three way syringe,as well as dental high speed handpiece and line front end,with average touch frequencies of 3.99,3.85,2.65,1.86,and 1.40 times per procedure.The high-touch surface in all stomatology specialties in-cluded the manipulation panel and handle on dental unit(doctor's side),75％of specialties included computer key-board and mouse,and the shadowless lamp handle has the highest touch frequency in 50％of specialties.The ave-rage touch frequency of the environmental surface was highest(113.50 times per procedure)during crown prepara-tion procedure,and the lowest(8.50 times per procedure)during the orthodontic consultations.Conclusion The high-touch surface of different dental specialties and different diagnosis and treatment procedures are different.Me-dical institutions should take corresponding cleaning,disinfection and management measures according to the actual situation of high-touch surface in stomatology departments,so as to effectively improve the quality of environmental cleaning and disinfection.

Trend of incidence of surgical site infection following oral and maxillofacial surgery during 11 years / 中国感染控制杂志

Objective To understand the changing trend of incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) following oral and maxillofacial surgery, and explore the influence of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, type of incision, duration of operation and surgical risk index.Methods Data of patients who were hospitalized and underwent oral and maxillofacial surgery in a tertiary dental hospital from 2007 to 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. Trend Chi-square test was used to analyze the changing trend of incidence of SSI, binary logistic regression was used to analyze the risk of SSI.Results From 2007 to 2017, incidence of SSI in patients with oral and maxillofacial surgery was 0.33％-0.93％, with an average of 0.71％; patients with high indexes of ASA score, type of incision, duration of operation and surgical risk had higher incidence and risk of SSI; incidence of SSI was the lowest in 2009. In patients with ASA score of P1, surgical risk index of grade 1, incidence of SSI declined from 0.72％ and 2.79％ in 2011 to 0.42％ and 1.54％ in 2017 respectively, with a decrease of more than 41％.Conclusion Incidence of SSI following oral and maxillofacial surgery decreased and finally remained at a low level during 11 years, with the increase of ASA score, risk indexes score of surgical incision type, duration of surgery and surgical risk, incidence and risk of SSI increased gradually, medical environment may be one of the factors that affected SSI.