Risk management

Sterilisation – the tricks of the trade

Sterilisation is highly regulated with not much room for interpretation. Edyta Bednarz explains why

Dirty sinks – clarity and waste

Rebecca Waters looks at the guidance on waste dental amalgam from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) – and considers the...

Because you're worth it…

Whether you're a small, standalone dental surgery or part of a large franchise, the issue of infection control carries more weight than ever when it...

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Is your practice taking care of you?

Don't be a fool!

This April, is your practice ready for new regulations?

When the headlines scream ‘Dental patients at risk’

The topic of infection control has drawn a bit of a media circus of late, thanks partly to a few newsworthy breaches in dental practices and the Zika...

Risk assessments in dentistry

As part of the Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, all employers are required to assess the risks to those in the workplace and any others who...

Infection prevention and control – the key to patient safety

Richard Griffith discusses the duties of dental care professionals (DCPs) to ensure patients benefit from proper infection prevention and control...

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Immunisations for the dental nurse

In this article, Shilla Talati discusses what immunisations are necessary for dental nurses or staff at the dental practice who will come into contact...

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Questions and answers

In this section, we answer your questions on all issues relating to dental nursing. To submit a question, please email dn@markallengroup.com

Effective cleaning techniques to aid cross-infection control

Within the dental practice, there are many pathogens that can harm the patient, as well as the dental team. This article discusses effective cleaning...