Keeping your dental practice free of infection is a big responsibility, and whether you are the infection control lead or not, it is a shared responsibility amongst the whole dental team to keep on top of it and ensure that effective cleaning and disinfecting protocols are in place.
One important area is the maintenance of water quality in dental unit waterlines (DUWLs) and ensuring that you comply with HTM 01-05 guidelines. These state that registered managers of dental practices should ensure that the water supply, storage and distribution services comply with the best practice guidance given in:
What this translates to is a requirement for all practices to conduct a Legionella risk assessment and maintain a written control scheme and monitoring schedule for DUWLs and other equipment with a water supply.
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