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It was conducted for the purpose of offering basic data to dental hygiene education through grasping the importance of infection control in the clinical training field, the awareness of infection control, and the self-report performance. This study was carried out targeting some 286 juniors in the Department of Dental Hygiene who completed the extracurricular on-spot clinical training as a regular class. The results of this study are as follow; 1. The awareness in the personal protective equipment use & hand hygiene, in the instrument disinfection & sterilization, and in the infectious waste management was higher in general hospital than in dental hospital and dental clinic. There was a statistically significant difference(p<.05). 2. The performance in wearing a mask and protective goggles(p<.05) and in hand hygiene management(p<.01) was higher in general hospital than in dental hospital and dental clinic. There was a statistically significant difference. 3. The performance in using a suitable container given disposing of injection needle or sharp instrument, in the surface disinfection of a dentist's chair, in hand-piece & bur sterilization(p<.05), and in infectious-waste separate collection(p<.001) was higher in general hospital than in dental hospital and dental clinic. There was a statistically significant difference. 4. It was understood that the higher awareness of dental infection management in dental hygiene students leads to the higher performance in self-protection. Synthesizing the above results, the development in education program is considered to be necessary for arranging and implementing the standard guideline for infection management in the dimension of protecting dental medical personnel as well as patients, along with the systematic and continuous.