Posts Tagged ‘Infections’

Report raises concerns over dental clinic hygiene

Report raises concerns over dental clinic hygiene

A recent report has revealed that more than 10 percent of dental practices in England are not meeting government standards for decontaminating equipment and instruments. The Dental National Decontamination Survey found that a significant proportion of practices are failing to clean instruments properly. The survey, which was supervised by the Department of Health and involved […]


No punishments for sterilisation blunders

No punishments for sterilisation blunders

Nobody will be punished for two sterilisation blunders at a Queensland school, it has been revealed. Dr Adrian Nowitzke, the CEO if the Gold Coast Health District, has announced that nobody will be penalised following an investigation into the breaches of sterilisation, which occurred last September and November at a dental clinic at the Musgrave […]


Bournemouth patients in the clear following sterilisation blunder

Bournemouth patients in the clear following sterilisation blunder

Almost two thousand patients have received clear blood test results following a series of incidents at Poole Lane Dental Practice in Kinson. The alarm was raised after staff at the practice became suspicious of a locum dentist’s sterilisation and infection control procedures. The locum dentist, who has not been named for legal reasons, worked at […]