Conceptions of a dentistry team from the primary health care about standard precautions

Abstract

The objective was to identify the conception of a dentistry team from the Primary Health Care (PHC) about standard precautions (SPs), obstacles to use SPs and, safety at the workplace. A descriptive-exploratory study with a quantitative approach conducted with 70.27% of the PHC dentistry team from a city in São Paulo state. We used Scales of Psychosocial and Organizational Factors that Influence Adherence to Standard Precautions. The scale domains obtained intermediate scores, and the overall value of the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was acceptable. In the domain “Safety Climate” professionals highlighted fragilities related to occupational risks, they consider the accumulation of activities and the lack of time to overcome obstacles to adhere to SPs; they also recognized the importance of continuing education about this theme. We concluded that this reality compromises clinical practice and safety for professionals and users, and there is a need to broaden discussions about biosafety during training and at the workplace.