Mar
03
Sterilization and Infection Control
The dental profession has always taken precautions to prevent cross-infection. Indeed with new knowledge and better technology, the procedures to prevent infection have become even more stringent.
So now, more than ever, the possibility of getting infected while undergoing dental treatment is practically NIL.
WHAT IS CROSS-INFECTION?
It is the transmission of diseases from one patient to another, or from the patient to the dentist, or vice-versa.
This is prevented by the routine practice of Universal Infection Control, so described because it is practiced for ALL patients who walk into the dental clinic.
Universal Infection Control routines involve a range of procedures such as:-