Assessing the Awareness on Occupational Health Hazards Among Dentists of Different Private Dental Clinics in Dhaka, Bangladesh

To determine if dentists in and around Dhaka are aware of certain workplace hazards and what precautions they take to avoid them. The current study was done with the help of a self-administered questionnaire that was distributed to 30 dentists in and around Dhaka. Personal information such as age, gender, position (student or faculty), years of experience, and number of working hours per day were also included in the questionnaire. Only those who thoroughly filled out the questionnaire form and were willing to participate were considered for the study. PSPP open source latest version was used to analyze the data. 30.0 percent of the participants had worked in the dental field for more than 10 years, while 26.7 percent of dentists worked for less than 8 hours. General practitioners made up 66.7 percent of the participants, and 43.3 percent of them see nearly 10 to 20 patients per day. In clinical practice, 40.0 percent of them had a needle stick injury. In our study, 0.0 percent of dentists reported to getting some form of litigation from their patients. The current study found that the occupational hazards, biological hazards awareness, and preventive actions observed by dentists in Dhaka are generally consistent with published infection control guidelines and previous studies. The bulk of the dental professionals were in pain in their neck or back muscles. Regular training and workshops can aid in the reduction of such issues. Keywords: Dentists, Private Clinics, Health hazards. DOI: 10.7176/JBAH/12-18-02 Publication date:September 30th 202

Evaluation of Gentamicin's Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern Against Uropathogens in a Tertiary Health Care Center in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Treatment of UTI patients with aminoglycosides is a familiar incidence. Resistance of antibiotics is also a familiar incidence but it is alarming when it goes to a high ratio. The vital public health problem in developing country like Bangladesh is resistance of antibiotics to different types of bacteria causing UTI and the rates of these bacterial resistances are changing for various antibiotic therapy. Our aim was to assess the susceptible pattern of Gentamicin a drug of Aminoglycosides group against uropathogens. A total of 12943 urine samples were collected in 2016 (Jan-Dec) and out of which 1236 (9.55%) were bacteriologically positive out of these isolated  95.1% were gram negative and 4.9% gram positive organism. Male were found more prone to get UTI under 10 years and between 51-90 years of age and female were more affected in 10 to 50 years and over 90 years of age group. E. coli was the most prevalent (83.9%) isolate followed by Klebsiella spp. (6.7%), Staphylococcus aureus (2.6%), Pseudomonas spp. (2.2%), Enterococcus spp. (2.0%) and Proteus spp. (1.1%). The most predominant organism Acinetobacter spp. (100%) were found sensitive to Gentamicin in both male and female patients and Enterococcus spp. in male (62.5%) and female (58.8%) were found resistant.  Around 37.4% male and 32.5% female were found resistant to E.coli. Keywords: Gentamicin, Aminoglycosides, UTI, Resistance, Uropathogen. DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/67-08 Publication date:October 31st 201