Decontamination in primary care dental practices

Title: Decontamination: Health Technical Memorandum 01-05: Decontamination in primary care dental practices

Source: DH

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Date of publication: April 2009

Publication type: Standards

In a nutshell: Guidance produced to reflect a rational and reasonable response to emerging evidence around the effectiveness of decontamination in primary care dental practices, and the risk of prion transmission through protein decontamination of dental instruments.

Length of publication: 107p

Some important notes: Health Technical Memorandum 01-05, Covering Letter from the Chief Dental Officer

Acknowledgement: DH Website

Implementation of Department of Health MRSA screening recommendations

Source: Clean, Safe Care

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Year of publication: 2009

Publication type: Case study

In a nutshell: This case study describes the steps taken by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) to implement the Department of Health MRSA screening recommendations.  Includes a discussion of staff communication, training and guidance methods, the change in practice to screen all patients on admission and the resulting increased confidence in infection control of both patients and staff.

Length of publication: 5 page PDF document