General headlines around infection control in the dental practice.

2. By
Mohammad Abdelhamid
BDS, MSc
Assistant Lecturer - Department of Oral Surgery and
Anesthesia –
Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Delta University

3. Is It Really Essential ?? WHY ??

4. * Both patients and dental health care personnels (DHCP)
can be exposed to pathogens
* Contact with blood, oral and respiratory secretions, and
contaminated equipment occurs
* Proper procedures can prevent transmission of
infections among patients and DHCP

6. Dental patients and dental health care workers
may be exposed to a variety of microorganisms such
as bacteria, viruses, and fungi during dental
treatment.
Among these, the diseases of foremost concern are
infections caused by:
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• Hepatitis viruses B, C
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis

7. Modes of Transmission
• Direct contact with blood or body fluids
• Indirect contact with a contaminated instrument or
surface
• Contact of mucosa of the eyes, nose, or mouth with
droplets or spatter
• Inhalation of airborne microorganisms

9. Centre of Disease Control
(CDC)
“Consider each and every patient to be
operated as potentially infectious. And
routinely take standard/universal
precautions for each patient, to protect
ourselves and to prevent cross infection”.

10. Universal Precautions in Dental
Clinic:
1- Personal Hygiene
2- Personal Barriering
3- Dental Unit Disinfection and Barriering
4- Sharps Disposal
5- Instruments Sterilization

11. 1- Personal Hygiene

14. 2- Personal Barriering

16. 3- Dental Unit Disinfection and Barriering

17. 4- Sharps Disposal

18. 5- Instruments Sterilization