Scottish Government

NHSScotland: Sterile Services Provision Review Group: Survey of Decontamination in General Dental Practice

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Contents

Executive Summary
1. Introduction and Background
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Primary dental care services in Scotland
1.3 Decontamination practice
1.4 Decontamination in primary dental care in Scotland
1.5 Decontamination in other primary care settings
2. Review of current decontamination practice in general dental practice
2.1 Objectives
2.2 Methodology
3. Results
3.1 Accuracy of general dental practitioner database
3.2 Response rate
3.3 Practice facilities and patient throughput
3.4 Treatment performed
3.5 Surgery design
3.6 Management of decontamination
3.7 Awareness of guidelines and sources of assistance
3.8 Procurement of re-usable devices
3.9 Instrument cleaning
3.10 Instrument inspection
3.11 Packaging prior to sterilization
3.12 Instrument sterilization
3.13 Packaging after sterilization
3.14 Storage after sterilization
3.15 Traceability
3.16 Training
4. Discussion
4.1 Methodology
4.2 Results
5. Conclusions and Recommendations
5.1 Conclusions
5.2 Recommendations
6. Acknowledgements
Appendix I. Authors
Appendix II. AD ³ Forms
Appendix III. References and technical documentation
Appendix IV. List of surveyors and other contributors