Table 3.

Attitudes and behaviour concerning infection control measures among Beijing dentists in 2010

	HBV vaccinated	Wash hands before each patient	Wear gloves	Change gloves after each treatment	Wash hands after each treatment	Wear face mask	Wear face shield or eye protection†	Wear gown†	Use heavy suction device†
Gender
Male	62.13	85.77	98.18	97.44	83.03	98.53	75.28	28.89	39.71
Female	73.73	87.03	98.33	98.54	82.11	96.86	80.79	28.30	41.60
P-value	0.0009*	0.3002	0.4072	0.4478	0.7760	0.3762	0.1874	0.9418	0.0120*
Time in practice, years
1–5	78.33	80.49	98.54	98.53	75.86	96.10	80.98	26.96	41.67
6–10	76.27	84.27	99.44	99.44	82.49	96.63	78.09	29.38	42.13
11–19	69.88	88.69	98.81	99.40	82.63	98.80	83.93	30.72	35.12
20–29	57.02	91.80	98.37	99.19	86.89	100	77.05	26.83	45.08
≥ 30	45.57	91.25	93.75	90.00	87.18	97.47	65.82	25.32	41.56
P-value	< 0.0001*	0.0327*	0.0317*	< 0.0001*	0.2326	0.0361*	0.1253	0.9597	0.5590
Education
Technical secondary school	47.17	90.91	94.55	100	90.91	98.15	69.81	11.54	41.51
Junior college	62.14	87.94	98.23	96.44	86.02	97.86	77.58	25.18	40.21
Regular college	73.48	84.81	99.05	99.37	80.25	97.47	80.38	31.95	42.36
Master postgraduate	85.92	78.87	97.22	98.61	69.01	94.37	87.50	29.17	31.94
Doctor postgraduate	85.71	92.86	100	100	85.71	100	78.57	64.29	57.14
P-value	< 0.0001*	0.3188	0.3883	0.2768	0.0088*	0.6186	0.1956	0.0032*	0.1978

^*Chi-squared test, P < 0.05.

^†Measures employed to protect against splatter during dental treatment.