Journal of Technologic Dentistry (대한치과기공학회지)

Korean Academy of Dental Technology (대한치과기공학회)
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Study of the safety education condition and injury occurrence in dental technicians- in Seoul and Gyeonggi

치과기공사의 안전교육 실태 및 상해발생 조사연구 -서울·경기 지역을 중심으로

  • Kim, Jin (Department of Dental Laboratory Technology, Shingu University) ;
  • Choi, Se-Woong (Department of Dental Laboratory Technology, Shingu University) ;
  • Shin, Su-Jeong (Department of Dental Laboratory Technology, Shingu University) ;
  • Cho, Yoon-Sang (Department of Dental Laboratory Technology, Shingu University) ;
  • Lim, Su-Min (Department of Dental Laboratory Technology, Shingu University) ;
  • Shim, Jeong-Seok (Department of Dental Laboratory Technology, Shingu University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Soo (Department of Dental Laboratory Technology, Shingu University) ;
  • Bae, Eun-Jeong (Research Institute of Health Sciences, Korea University)
  • 김진 (신구대학교 치기공과) ;
  • 최세웅 (신구대학교 치기공과) ;
  • 신수정 (신구대학교 치기공과) ;
  • 조윤상 (신구대학교 치기공과) ;
  • 임수민 (신구대학교 치기공과) ;
  • 심정석 (신구대학교 치기공과) ;
  • 이정수 (신구대학교 치기공과) ;
  • 배은정 (고려대학교 보건과학연구소)
  • Received : 2017.06.15
  • Accepted : 2017.09.01
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

Purpose: It is intended to raise awareness of importance of protective equipment and necessity of safety education by examining the actual condition of measures to deal with accident, occurrence of injury, whether safety education is received or not, the actual condition of wearing protective equipment, and working environment of dental lab and dental technician. Methods: A self-administered survey was conducted for a total of 150 dental technologists. A chi-squared test and independent-samples t-test was carried out by using SPSS WIN Program (version 12.0) in order to analyze the actual condition of safety education according to work experience and position and whether injury occurred according to whether to wear protective equipment. Significance level was 0.05. Results: With regard to whether injury occurred according to whether safety education was received, there was 'receiving the safety education-injured (71.8%)', 'not receiving the safety education-injured (79.7%)', 'receiving the safety education-not injured (28.2%)', and 'not receiving the safety education-not injured (20.3%)'. The statistical results of injury occurrence according to safety education were not significant. With regard to whether to be injured according work experience, there was 'less than 10 years-injured (68.4%)', 'less than 10 years- not injured (31.6%)', '10 years or above-injured (89.1%)', and '10 years or above-not injured (10.9%)'. The statistical results of injury occurrence according to work experience were significant (p<0.001). Conclusion: Dental lab and specialized agencies should continue to be interested in periodic safety training, recommending wearing protective equipment and personal protective equipment support and so on.

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