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Sterilization Guidelines for Healthcare and Dentistry
Posted on January 2, 2014 by admin
Recently, news broke that an Oklahoma dentist had potentially exposed as many as 7000 of his patients to HIV and Hepatitis due to improper infection control techniques. Since then, we have had a flood of calls asking for current sterilization guidelines. We would like to pass a long two great points of reference for healthcare and dental facilities. These are the most current recommendations made by the CDC. Although some states are different, the CDC recommends weekly spore testing of your autoclave. These tests are necessary when processing instruments, especially if they have come into contact with blood, tissue or other infectious material during invasive procedures. These documents showing successful tests would be paramount if the sterility of your instruments ever came into question.
The most current CDC sterilization guidelines can be found:
Healthcare Facilities
Guidelines for Healthcare
Dental Facilities
Guidelines for Dentistry
If you have any questions about infection control, sterilization guidelines, OSHA or HIPAA, please contact us at 1-800-522-9308
Posted on January 2, 2014 by admin
Recently, news broke that an Oklahoma dentist had potentially exposed as many as 7000 of his patients to HIV and Hepatitis due to improper infection control techniques. Since then, we have had a flood of calls asking for current sterilization guidelines. We would like to pass a long two great points of reference for healthcare and dental facilities. These are the most current recommendations made by the CDC. Although some states are different, the CDC recommends weekly spore testing of your autoclave. These tests are necessary when processing instruments, especially if they have come into contact with blood, tissue or other infectious material during invasive procedures. These documents showing successful tests would be paramount if the sterility of your instruments ever came into question.
The most current CDC sterilization guidelines can be found:
Healthcare Facilities
Guidelines for Healthcare
Dental Facilities
Guidelines for Dentistry
If you have any questions about infection control, sterilization guidelines, OSHA or HIPAA, please contact us at 1-800-522-9308