OLIVEIRA, D. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3408037014901169; OLIVEIRA, Diego Silveira de.
Resumo:
The protective barriers, among them the latex gloves, they are used to prevent the
infections, allowing the professionals involved in dental treatment carry out their
activities without direct contact with the oral fluids of patients. Thus, this study aimed
to evaluate the integrity of latex gloves after use by dental students of Federal
University of Campina Grande. This study was cross-sectional type, observational
and with intensive direct documentation technique in the laboratory. The gloves were
distributed among 110 right-handed students, thus, 110 pairs were evaluated,
totaling 220 latex gloves, of two different brands, in several dental specialties
(operative dentistry, periodontics, pediatric dentistry, endodontics and
prosthodontics). The verification of the perforations was performed by insufflation in
water diluted in fuchsin method. The results were analyzed using the chi-square test,
being significant at the 5% level. Regarding the frequency of drilling, 30% of
participants had perforations. Procedures performed in endodontics clinic caused the
largest number of perforated gloves (27.2%). When asked about the perception of
perforations in gloves, of those academics who had suffered disruption in the integrity
of gloves, only 9.1% have realized the existence of holes/rips. There was no
statistically significant difference between the presence of perforation and the brand
of the glove (p = 0.29), neither between the presence of perforation and the gender
(p = 0.49). It can be concluded that is indispensable a better attention to the integrity
of the gloves during dental care, due to the high frequency of perforations in the
analyzed gloves.