Influence of usage history, instrument complexity, and different cleaning procedures on the cleanliness of blood-contaminated dental surgical instruments

Authors
  • G. Wu
  • X.F. Yu
Publication date 2009
Journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Volume | Issue number 30 | 7
Pages (from-to) 702-704
Organisations
  • Faculty of Dentistry (ACTA)
Abstract Our study assessed the factors that influence the resistance of blood residues on dental surgical instruments to washer‐disinfector-based cleaning procedures in a clinical setting. The use of 2 additional cleaning methods—presoaking and scrubbing by hand—and the use of newer and/or less structurally complex instruments significantly increased the efficacy of washer‐disinfector cleaning.
Document type Article
Published at https://doi.org/10.1086/598241
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