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Office Protection |
A
prominent issue in today's health care is control
of the spread of the infectious diseases such as AIDS,
Herpes, Hepatitis, and even the common cold. We share
your concerns about this important issue.
Because
your total health and safety is our first priority,
all of our offices take infection control seriously.
That is why we have adopted the very latest in prevention
techniques including:
- Barrier
Techniques:
We wear disposable masks, gloves, and caps, and
change them between patients.
- Disinfectant
Wipe Down:
We clean all office surfaces prior to each patient's
arrival.
- Instrument
Sterilization:
We use the most effective system available to assure
the sterility of our instruments. A hospital-type
autoclave combines high heat and pressurized steam
to insure that instruments are bacteria-free. Instruments
such as our drill burs, which cannot be sterilized,
are disposed of after use.
| State-of-the-art
Infection Control |
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Our
dental staff understands the importance of taking
a comprehensive professional approach to infection
control. That is why we use a state-of-the-art infection
control system.
When your appointment with the dentist or hygienist
begins you may notice a package wrapped in blue paper
near the dental chair. It contains a unique cassette
of dental instruments that is part of the special
infection control system that our office uses.
With the infection control system you know that the
instruments used by your dental professional have
been properly cleaned, sterilized, and stored. It
is one of the many precautions that this office takes
to safeguard your health.
| How
Infection Control Works |
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To
better understand how this important system works,
let's take a closer look at infection control:
- Cleaning
and Inspection:
Following patient treatment, the cassette of instruments
and supplies is taken to a sterilization room. There,
disposable items are discarded and the cassette
of instruments is thoroughly cleaned, inspected,
and organized.
- Confidence:
Next, a special indicator strip is placed inside
the cassette with the instruments. This strip will
change color so that you can be confident that the
instruments have been exposed to the proper conditions
for sterilization.
- Sterilization:
With instruments and indicator strip in place, the
cassette is wrapped in blue sterilization wrap and
sealed with monitor tape. The sterilization wrap
will maintain sterility of its contents while the
monitor tape acts as an additional check on proper
sterilization. The wrapped cassette is now ready
for sterilization.
- Sterile
Presentation:
Following sterilization the cassette is stored.
Once you are seated for your appointment the cassette
is unwrapped and opened, providing a sterile set
of instruments for your visit.
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infection control system is an important part
of this office's larger commitment to take all
necessary precautions to safeguard your health
during your visit with us. |
The
condition of water used in dental units has become
of greater concern to the public over the recent years.
Most dental manufacturers and organizations would
like to see 200 colony forming units per ml. of water
or less. We are pleased to announce that our dental
equipment uses a sterile solution called Dentosept
which rotates through our dental lines providing 200
colony forming units or less. Although this is not
mandatory by OSHA, we believe that this will soon
be a mandatory requirement in all dental and health
care professional offices. Our office is proud and
pleased to have adapted this procedure well in advance,
meaning that our dental lines are constantly being
monitored and cleaned to meet and surpass all regulations.
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