I noticed, as you can see in the picture, a shortage of professional dental protective equipments such as gowns, face shield to protect against blood splashes increases the risk of contamination of the staff in this high HIV/AIDS prevalence country. Face shield are not available even in Uganda where most dental supplies are bought, they are only ordered from Henry Schein in the US. Meanwhile the ordinary spectacles/glasses have proved to not be effective for use in dental clinics and acts as destructors as they give way every now and then.
The lack of suction machines is a big
challenge for the work performance and constituted another main concern as it
makes the work complicated and the splashes of the mouth content more frequent while
drilling, causing both saliva and blood droplets entering our eyes. The patient
holds the kidney dish while undergoing the procedure.
I believe
it’s inconveniencing to them though no complaint has been recorded yet. We also
know that many people don’t like to see their own sputum or blood but as
patients they are somehow with no option than to do what they are requested to
do.
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