When it comes to infection control, dental professionals should go back to basics, with so many touchpoints throughout the practice that could facilitate the spread of pathogens.
Once professionals identify the most at-risk touchpoints within the dental practice, effective cleaning regimes and hygiene measures can be adopted to help reduce cross contamination risks. If they are not regularly cleaned then commonly used areas and surfaces can increase the risk of transmitting infection to any individual if they are not regularly attended to.
Hands-on problems
Between the fingertips and the elbow, there could be two to 10m bacteria at any given moment, and some pathogens could stay alive for up to three days.
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