Daegu Health College provides medical training to aspiring professionals in Daegu metropolitan city, South Korea. The current president is Nam Seong-hui (남성희). About 100 instructors are employed..
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Objectives: To evaluate five-year changes (2012–2017) in dental medical waste management, high-risk instrument handling, and waterline maintenance, to identify persistent vulnerabilities, and to establish a baseline for assessing recent Radio Frequency Identification(RFID)-based policy changes in Korea. Methods: A longitudinal follow-up survey was conducted in 82 dental institutions using face-to-face interviews and structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and independent t-tests. Results: Despite 68.3% of respondents completing continuing education, inappropriate management of waste items (spittoon solids, contaminated impressions, and sensor covers) persisted in 37.7%–69.5% of institutions, with 4.9%–14.2% showing regression. Incorrect handling of scaler tips (58.5%) and waterlines (76.9%) remained high, whereas there was stable compliance with reusable linens (82.9 %) and endodontic files (71.9 %). Institutional accreditation was the most decisive factor, with accredited clinics achieving 100% compliance across all major categories (p<0.05), and the number of dentists, patient volume, and education were associated with partial improvements. Conclusions: Based on this five-year baseline survey, institutional accreditation was the strongest driver of sustained compliance in high-risk instrument, waste, and waterline management. Integrating incentive-based, rather than penalty-focused policies into the existing RFID-based system, with dentists and dental hygienists jointly leading infection-control coordination, may support a more sustainable dental infection-control framework.
Purpose: This study aimed to identify factors related to problem drinking among freshman nursing students and to examine the relationship between drinking refusal self-efficacy and problem drinking. Methods: This descriptive correlational study was conducted with 130 freshman nursing students. Data were collected from April 4 to 14, 2023, using self-report questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression. Results: The mean score for problem drinking and drinking refusal self-efficacy were 9.42±7.02 and 87.82±14.66, respectively. Problem drinking showed significant differences according to age and smoking status. Drinking refusal self-efficacy was negatively correlated with problem drinking (r=-.64, p<.001). Among the subdomains, social pressure showed the strongest correlation with problem drinking. Drinking refusal self-efficacy was identified as a significant predictor of problem drinking (β=-.60, p<.001), explaining 40.0% of its total variance (adj. R²=.40). Conclusion: Higher drinking refusal self-efficacy was associated with lower levels of problem drinking among freshman nursing students. These results suggest the need for intervention programs to improve drinking refusal self-efficacy and prevent problem drinking in nursing freshmen.
