Kastle-Meyer Test Enhancing Diagnosis of Occult Blood in Dentistry Alsheekhly Bassam1,*, Al-Sadoon Taghreed H.1, Al-rawi Rehab Adil1 1College of Dentistry, University of Al-Iraqia, Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: Bassam alsheekhly, E-mail: bassam_rehab@yahoo.com
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract The patients blood from different dental procedures can easily spread over surfaces in the dental clinic, this put both the patient and the medical staff in danger of cross infection. The Kastle-Meyer test, which is a straight-forward forensic technique can be used to detect the blood contamination. The aim is to investigate blood contamination of different dental surfaces using Kastle-Meyer test. The study sample was drawn from the educational and training dental clinic. Blood contamination of 100 surfaces were investigated after different types of dental procedures have been performed on a total of 20 dental units (5 surfaces/unit) using Kastle-Meyer test. The results revealed that, 88 surfaces showed positive reaction to the Kastle-Meyer test of the total 100 surfaces. The tray handle showed the least contamination while the spittoon showed the highest. Unseen blood can be available on different dental surfaces and the Kastle-Meyer test can be an easy method to discover the blood. Top Keywords Kastle-meyer test, blood contamination, dentistry. Top |