Infection control protocols for dental offices haven’t changed but your patients’ awareness of them certainly has. A clean, well-organized sterilization centre makes a strong statement about how your team and your practice take patient safety and infection control seriously. In this 70-minute presentation, sterilization centre expert Annie Roy walks through the 10 steps of instrument reprocessing with Coltene SciCan’s Doug Braendle offering a dental indust ry veteran’s point of view on every aspect of sterilization – from washers and ultrasonic cleaners to cassette use and surface cleaning.

Some of the things you will learn about include:

• Tips and tricks for testing your ultrasonic cleaner
• Where is the best spot in your sterilization centre for your handpiece lubricator
• Automatic washers versus ultrasonic cleaners
• How using a Type 5 integrator regularly can support your weekly biological indicator test
• Writing on wrapped cassettes - what to use and when to write?
• How running an ultrasonic without a lid can spread aerosols
• What are the perfect sterilization centre layouts using one-sink and two-sink configurations?

The team also takes questions from the audience, including:

• How do you size your sterilization centre to suit the needs of your practice?
• How often should you change the solution in your ultrasonic cleaner?
• Why can’t I use a regular or commercial dishwasher to clean instruments in my practice?

Annie Roy is the general manager of Triangle Furniture Systems, a division of Planmecca. Doug Braendle is a senior product manager at Coltene SciCan.