Table 3: Dentists’ practice after exposure to the patients’ blood and body fluids (n=145)
Occupational Exposure	Number of exposures	n (%)
		Immediate washing	Delayed washing	Topical d isinfection	Patients’ risk factor evaluation	Patients’ screening for HIV, HBV, HCV	Nothing done
Cutaneous contamination by blood	84	52 (62)	31 (37)	3 (4)	3 (4)	2 (2)	2 (2)
Cutaneous contamination by saliva	138	45 (32.6)	90 (65.2)	0 (0)	6 (4.3)	0 (0)	3 (2.2)
Mucosal contamination by blood	11	4 (37)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (9)	0 (0)	7 (64)
Mucosal contamination by saliva	9	6 (67)	1 (11)	0 (0)	1 (11)	0 (0)	2 (22)
Sharp injury	79	63 (80)	0 (0)	61 (77)	32 (41)	22 (28)	0 (0)
Total	321	170 (52.9)	122 (38.0)	64 (19.9)	43 (13.4)	24 (7.4)	14 (4.3)