Activities of the oral health teams in primary health care: a time-motion study

Table 4 Absolute and relative frequency of the other main activities carried out by the professionals

Oral Health Assistant	Infection control	N	%
	Hand washing	15	5.88
	Washing materials for sterilization	18	7.06
	Packing materials for sterilization	21	8.24
	Packaging sterilized material	14	5.49
	Applying the autoclave biological test	8	3.14
	Cleaning equipment and furniture	101	39.61
	Others	78	30.59
	Total	255	100.00
Oral Health Technician	Documentation
	Recording in medical records outside consultation hours	59	48.36
	Administrative	17	13.93
	Typing into monitoring spreadsheets	8	6.56
	Production sheet	26	21.31
	Others	12	9.84
	Total	122	100.00
Dentist	Documentation
	Administrative	18	5.50
	Typing into monitoring spreadsheets	8	2.46
	Production sheet	144	44.04
	Recording in medical records outside consultation hours	143	42.81
	Recording in medical records after home visit	1	0.31
	Others	17	4.89
	Total	327	100.00
	Exchange of information about health care and/or health services
	Case discussion outside consultation hours	95	23.69
	Between consultations (in-service discussion)	30	7.48
	Exchange of information about work processes	212	52.87
	Others	64	15.96
	Total	401	100.00
	Organization of the work process
	Indicator analysis	1	0.36
	Preparation of shift schedules	1	0.36
	Organization of the appointment book	67	23.93
	Reply to work emails	23	8.21
	Reply to work WhatsApp	46	16.43
	Others	142	50.71
	Total	280	100.00

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