Table 1 Survey on postoperative-advices from dentists
From: A survey on the disposal of blood-contaminated tampon after dental extraction
Question | First (n = 142) | Second (n = 138) | χ2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Do you provide patients with verbal postoperative-advices after dental extraction or other oral surgeries? | ||||
Yes | 142 (100.00 %) | 138 (100.00 %) | / | >0.05 |
No | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | ||
Besides the verbal postoperative-advices, do you provide patients with a postoperative-advice sheet after dental extraction or other oral surgeries? | ||||
Yes | 98 (69.01 %) | 115 (83.33 %) | 7.8834 | <0.01 |
No | 44 (30.99 %) | 23 (16.67 %) | ||
Besides the postoperative-advices, do you provide patients with extra tampon to control the postoperative bleeding after surgeries? | ||||
Yes | 86 (60.56 %) | 96 (69.57 %) | 0.5982 | >0.05 |
No | 46 (32.39 %) | 42 (30.43 %) | ||
Do the postoperative-advices provide information on how to dispose of blood-contaminated tampon? | ||||
Yes | 4 (2.82 %) | 65 (47.10 %) | 73.9092 | <0.01 |
No | 138 (97.18 %) | 73 (52.90 %) | ||
Do you give special postoperative-advices regarding the disposal of tampon to patients with blood-transmitted diseases, such as hepatitis, AIDS and so on? | ||||
Yes | 2 (1.41 %) | 34 (24.64 %) | 33.7057 | <0.01 |
No | 140 (98.59 %) | 104 (75.36 %) | ||
Do you provide patients with self-sealing plastic bag for disposal of tampon? | ||||
Yes | 142 (100.00 %) | 136 (98.55 %) | 0.5329 | >0.05 |
No | 0 (0.00 %) | 2 (1.45 %) | ||