Infection control

1- is it possible to get infected with virus c or any other infectious disease from dental clinic ??

Yes indeed  , unless a complete system of infection control is applied

2-  how can I know that I am not indanger of being exposed to any kind of infection ??

As not an expert here is some tips for you to notice to be assured whether or not this clinic is applying the correct protocol of infection control

1. your dentist washes his hand before and immediately after  working with you it seems simple but extremely important and considered the main reason of cross infection
   Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o9SxDFPUiA
2. your instruments are seal
3. clean clinic is an indication
4. having  assistant working with your dentist helps  keep infection controlled
   Having 2 assistants indicates that your dentists follow the ADA & CDC protocol for infection control what is called a six handed technique
5. having separate closed area for sterilization
   And many other signs to know infection control is huge issue that have a complete team working on it just feel free to ask your dentist about every single detail to make your treatment safe and comfortable
   Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDahK5Rffjo

3- how can I know more about infection control protocol ??

Here is a a link for the updated version of ADA protocol

Read it & feel free to contact us for any further  explanation

4- How do you manage  keeping  your clinic safe for your patients ?

This might be a long answer but hopefully informative

Infection is a cycle to break it u have to follow a correct approved protocol

Check this

http://study.com/academy/lesson/chain-of-infection-definition-example.html

http://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/az-topics/i/infection-control

in our clinic , surrounding items that might be any chance transfer infection are

1. personnel and nurses
   They are highly trained , know how to deal with infection and control it
2. Doctors
   Always wear protective gloves and musk to help not to transfer infection from patient to another
   They follow the infection control protocol
3. instruments
   We got 2 types of instuments
   1. Disposable that would be discarded fom one patient to another used only for one patient
   2. Sterlizable that enter several cycles to assure all kind of bacteria and viurses are gone

First they are cleaned from any debris *

*Then washed with a highly disinfectant material in a specialized machine

Washed with water then get dried well *

*Packed in specialized packs that have some kind of a chemical indicator that ensures that sterilization cycle is successfully done

* then closed with a specialized machine that ensures packs are completely sealed

Start packing them in the autoclave in the correct specified manner that allows heat and steam to be penetrate to the necessary depth to each all instruments and successfully kill all the bacteria to  sterilize it well

*Using the correct most updated type of autoclave type B that sterilize instruments using the power of heat and pressure ” you might google it to know more about types of autoclave “

*we use some kind of a test to assure the efficiency of the autoclave called a biological indicator

* Then instruments finally is delivered to Your dentist to start your treatment

4-surrounding area ,surfaces , floor ,……etc

We make sure that they are kept clean and swapped with a disinfectant   twice daily and between visits