The Correlation Knowledge, Attitude, and Compliance of Infection Control Guidelines at Dental Hospital Hasanuddin University

Introduction: Infection control is a precautionary measure that must be followed to curb the spread of infection, which must be carried out at all dental hospital. This study aimed to investigate the correlations between knowledge, attitudes and compliance to infection control guidelines amongst resident physicians, and dental students at Hasa-nuddin University Dental Hospital. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Hasanuddin University Dental Hospital, Indonesia. Sample (n = 112) consisted of 32 resident physicians and 80 students. Independent vari- ables: knowledge, attitude, and compliance; dependent variable: Infection control guidelines. Questionnaires used in this study comprised of 25 questions, and was designed to obtain data regarding knowledge, attitude, and com- pliance to infection control measures. Statistical analysis was performed using student t-test and ANOVA, and a 5% (p<0.05) significance level was set. Results: Data collected demonstrated that in the information variable, there were significant differences among resident physicians and students in sterilization method (p=0.008), the minimum time for sterilization (p=0.000) and temperature for sterilization (p=0.000), for the attitude variable, there were significant differences among resident physicians and students for “have you ever got pricked by a sharp tool” (p=0.048), and visited the hospital for HBV testing (p=0.000). Conclusion: There were significant differences in knowledge and at- titude among resident physicians and students at the Hasanuddin University Dental Hospital. The implication of the study therefore encourages the said healthcare service facility to provide health security guarantees for both health workers and the community. The implementation of education and training programs among medical students forInfection control guidelines is very much obligatory to increase knowledge, attitudes, and compliance to infection control measures