How long do you sterilize dental instruments?

All dental instruments in the dental office should be sterile before being used by others, so it is very important to carefully clean the dental equipment. How to disinfect dental instruments? What is the correct procedure for cleaning dental instruments?

 

What is the central processing area for dental equipment?

How to disinfect dental instruments?

In conclusion

 

What is the central processing area for dental equipment?

In dental health care institutions, the cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of all dental instruments should be carried out in designated central processing areas to make it easier to control quality and ensure safety. The instrument processing area should be physically divided into the following parts:

1. Receiving, cleaning and disinfection;

2. Preparation and packaging;

3. Sterilization

4. Storage.

The purpose of this zone is to contain contaminated items in an area specially designed for cleaning, so as to prevent packaging, sterilization and cleaning of sterile items in the contaminated area. Receive, sort and clean reusable contaminated instruments and equipment in a clean area. The packaging area is used for inspection, assembly and packaging of clean instruments in preparation for final disposal. The sterilization and storage area contains sterilizers and related supplies, as well as an incubator for analysis of spore testing, and may contain enclosed storage for sterile items and disposable (one-time-use) items. If it is not possible to physically isolate these areas, then if the personnel handling the instrument are trained to prevent contamination of the clean area, then clearly labeling each area (for example, from contaminated to sterile) may cause People are satisfied.

 

How to disinfect dental instruments?

1. After the patient leaves the dental office, he must grab the dental instruments and take them to the sterilization room. After entering the sterilization chamber, there will be two sides, one of which is called the "dirty" side and the other is called the "clean" side. When instruments are very dirty and need to be cleaned and disinfected, place them on the dirty side.

2. Put on the gear and pre-clean the dentist's instrument. After placing it on the dirty side, the person cleaning the dental instrument needs to put on some equipment before starting. For example, ordinary examination gloves, masks, glasses, and then general purpose gloves. Practical gloves help protect yourself from stab wounds and infections. The instruments cannot be put into the sterilizer immediately, and some operations are required before the actual sterilization. First, pick up the dental instrument and rinse it under the sink to remove saliva and debris. After rinsing the instrument, open the drawer and use the crab to hold the container with holes. This container is called a cassette tape. Close the paper box and put it into the large water pipe. This big water pipe is called ultrasonic. The effect of ultrasound is to remove more debris and saliva from the instrument. The length of time the instruments cannot be placed in the ultrasound, because if they are placed in the ultrasound for too long, they may corrode or rust. The ultrasound should run for 5-10 minutes.

3. The ultrasound will turn off after the run; therefore, please take out the dentist's instruments and place them under the sink again to rinse them one last time. After rinsing, there should be a towel on the counter. Pour the instrument on the towel and dry. Wet instruments should not be placed in sterile bags, as they may also corrode or rust. The instruments should be completely dry; therefore, once the sterilizer is packaged, they will have different sizes depending on the instrument. If the dentist's instrument should be packaged in the program, the largest package that seems to fit all should be available. Pick up the instruments and put them in the packaging one by one. Please do it very carefully, otherwise you can poke a hole in the packaging. If a hole appears in the package, just throw away the package and grab the other one. When the instruments are all in the package, the package needs to be sealed on the top. After sealing, you need to put the date and initials of these tools on the package.

4. The dental instruments can now be placed in the sterilizer. There are many kinds of sterilizers. For example, Midmark and Stratum are very common. Put the instrument in any one. Once the sterilizer is full, it can be started. There should be 4 buttons with pictures, then press the "bag" button and then the "start" button.

5. When the sterilizer stops running because of completion, just take out the dentist tools and put them on the clean side to store; however, before storing the instrument, please check the packaging for holes, if there are holes on the packaging, It means that the instrument is no longer sterile and needs to be placed in the sterilizer again. After checking all the instruments and putting them in place, a piece of paper will come out of the sterilizer. The paper needs to be torn off and taken out together with other papers.

 

In conclusion

Everyone may worry about whether the dental instruments used in their mouths are clean. Disinfecting instruments sounds troublesome, but once you understand the process, it's easy. It is important to ensure that all these steps are completed correctly so that you do not transfer the bacteria from other patients to another patient who gets the same dentist tools as them. If you are looking for a high-quality dental instruments at a reasonable price, Osakadent Co.,Ltd. will provide you with the best products.