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dc.contributor.authorRíordáin, R Ní
dc.contributor.authorMcCreary, C
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-09T15:08:51Z
dc.date.available2011-03-09T15:08:51Z
dc.date.issued2009-03-28
dc.identifier.citationNICE guideline on antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis: attitudes to the guideline and implications for dental practice in Ireland. 2009, 206 (6):E11; discussion 320-1 Br Dent Jen
dc.identifier.issn1476-5373
dc.identifier.pmid19329944
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.250
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/124050
dc.description.abstractTo investigate attitudes of Irish dental practitioners, cardiologists and patients with cardiac lesions to the new NICE guideline for antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis and to determine the implications of this guideline for dental practice in Ireland.
dc.description.abstractIndividually tailored anonymous postal questionnaires were sent to 500 dental practitioners, 54 cardiologists and 50 patients with a history of antibiotic prophylaxis usage before dental treatment.
dc.description.abstractTwo hundred and ninety questionnaires were returned from dental practitioners (a response rate of 58%), 20 questionnaires were returned from cardiologists (a response rate of 37%) and 34 questionnaires were returned from patients (a response rate of 68%). Two thirds of patients surveyed would be concerned about the possible cessation of antibiotic prophylaxis before dental treatment and would require either verbal or written confirmation from a cardiologist. Among the dental practitioners surveyed a significant majority were not willing to implement the NICE guideline without further information from the patient general medical practitioner, cardiologist or an official Irish body.
dc.description.abstractTo enable patient re-education regarding antibiotic prophylaxis, dental practitioners must keep abreast of changes to current guidelines and understand the rationale driving these changes. Difficulties arise for dental practitioners when there is no national statutory body endorsing such guidelines, particularly now that the guidelines in relation to antibiotic prophylaxis in dentistry are so different.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.meshAntibiotic Prophylaxis
dc.subject.meshAttitude of Health Personnel
dc.subject.meshCardiology
dc.subject.meshCardiovascular Diseases
dc.subject.meshClinical Governance
dc.subject.meshDental Care for Chronically Ill
dc.subject.meshDentist's Practice Patterns
dc.subject.meshEndocarditis, Bacterial
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIreland
dc.subject.meshPatient Satisfaction
dc.subject.meshPractice Guidelines as Topic
dc.subject.meshQuestionnaires
dc.titleNICE guideline on antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis: attitudes to the guideline and implications for dental practice in Ireland.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentCork University Dental School and Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland. richeal.niriordain@ucc.ieen
dc.identifier.journalBritish dental journalen
dc.description.provinceMunster
html.description.abstractTo investigate attitudes of Irish dental practitioners, cardiologists and patients with cardiac lesions to the new NICE guideline for antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis and to determine the implications of this guideline for dental practice in Ireland.
html.description.abstractIndividually tailored anonymous postal questionnaires were sent to 500 dental practitioners, 54 cardiologists and 50 patients with a history of antibiotic prophylaxis usage before dental treatment.
html.description.abstractTwo hundred and ninety questionnaires were returned from dental practitioners (a response rate of 58%), 20 questionnaires were returned from cardiologists (a response rate of 37%) and 34 questionnaires were returned from patients (a response rate of 68%). Two thirds of patients surveyed would be concerned about the possible cessation of antibiotic prophylaxis before dental treatment and would require either verbal or written confirmation from a cardiologist. Among the dental practitioners surveyed a significant majority were not willing to implement the NICE guideline without further information from the patient general medical practitioner, cardiologist or an official Irish body.
html.description.abstractTo enable patient re-education regarding antibiotic prophylaxis, dental practitioners must keep abreast of changes to current guidelines and understand the rationale driving these changes. Difficulties arise for dental practitioners when there is no national statutory body endorsing such guidelines, particularly now that the guidelines in relation to antibiotic prophylaxis in dentistry are so different.


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