All Infection control

Waste: what you need to know

There are a number of hazardous dental wastes that, when improperly disposed, could cause harm to us – and the environment…

Creating experts

Yiannis Kotoulas reviews the Aura dental decontamination course

Continual innovation

Mum's the word! The club that is designed to encourage award-winning infection control protocols

Dentistry on the move

Anna Cowdin is co-owner and dentist at Nomad Dental, a forward-thinking company that involves transporting a mobile dental practice between multiple locations to provide accessible care

Food for thought

Kate Scheer considers the importance of applying best practice at home and abroad to prevent cross contamination

Cwmbran Dental Care was named our Infection Prevention and Control Practice of the Year for 2018. Here, dental nurse Justine Nuzzo and co-principal and infection control lead Ruth Collis share their practice protocols

Preventing the spread

Peter Bacon, technical director at Dentisan, teaches readers about the challenges of combatting the most contagious infectious diseases in the dental practice

Stop shigella in its tracks

David Gibson details the dangers of shigella and how these bacteria have become an increasing concern for people in the UK

The power

Peter Bacon reports on a study proving the positive effect of pre-treatment formulations on re-usable surgical instruments by reducing residual protein before steam sterilisation

The risks of improper disposal

All healthcare providers have a duty of care to ensure that medical waste is suitably managed and disposed of…

Needlestick injuries and you

What you need to know about the use of syringes in the practice

What do you tell your patients

Natasha Graham works at Langmans Dental Health Centres in Stratford Upon Avon and believes her role as a dental nurse to be so complex she’d share her day-to-day working life in her practice's website blog

Straightening teeth

A report by the Orthodontic National Group on the orthodontic dental nurse session that took place at BOC 2018, with a particular focus on the infection control presentation

Dentistry in Spain

Continuing the series on dentistry around the world commissioned by Eschmann. Javier de la Cruz, principal GDP at the Bordon Clinic in Madrid, reviews a typical day at his practice