How We Protect YOU from Cross-Infection

How We Protect YOU from Cross-Infection

  • All equipment & instruments, including metal cups and drills, are changed after every patient. To do this, we keep a large inventory of instruments.

  • All metal instruments e.g. cups, trays, drills and even drill bits, are cleaned in an ultrasonic machine to remove visible debris, and then sterilized in a medical autoclave, under pressurised steam at a temperature of 134 ° C

  • Items like injection needles, gloves and saliva suction tips etc, are thrown away after a single use. These discarded items are taken away by a licensed contractor and incinerated separately as medical waste.

  • Surfaces like table tops, the dental chair and attached equipment are wiped with disinfectant.

  • Our infection control procedures have been audited by the Ministry of Health.