Objective To understand the present condition of preclinical dental undergraduate interns’ AIDS-related knowledge. Methods The questionnaire was designed referring to domestic and foreign relevant questionnaires. The cluster sampling method was used to conduct the questionnaire survey of undergraduates started their clinical internship in July 2016 in three domestic colleges
and SPSS 14.0 statistical software to analyze it. Results In this survey
144 questionnaires were distributed
and 144 ones were filled out and sent back. The survey results suggested that 97.22% (140) of interns held a positive attitude towards aiding HIV-infected patients despite that 96.53% (139) of interns knew that dental medical staff was considered to be highly susceptible with HIV. In spite of the fact that most interns knew AIDS-related knowledge and protection measures
40.28% (58) of interns were not clear about incubation period of AIDS
and the average awareness of children’s AIDS and methods to disinfect HIV-infected dental instruments was less than half in the interns. Meanwhile it was found that 86.81% (125) of interns didn’t perform well in terms of complying with the principles of confidentiality in AIDS prevention and treatment. Conclusion Dental clinical interns’ attitudes towards AIDS-infected patients should be praised. Furthermore
they should accept education about infection control to have a deeper understand about AIDS-related clinical manifestations and legal knowledge in order to reduce the probability of nosocomial infection of AIDS.