Basic Guide to Infection Prevention and Control in Dentistry

Caroline L. Pankhurst , Wilson A. Coulter 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2017년 02월 03일 출간

작품소개

책소개

A practical step-by-step guide for all members of the dental team Thoroughly updated, this new edition ensures all members of the dental team are up to speed on the practical aspects of infection prevention and control. It provides step-by-step guidance on the safe running of a dental practice, clear and concise explanations of the key issues and concepts, an overview of the evidence base, and coverage of legal and regulatory issues about which all staff members need to be aware. With more colour photographs and illustrations than the first edition, it also includes appendices full of useful practical and clinical information, and a companion website offering helpful instructional videos and self-assessment questions. Key topics include communicable diseases, occupational health and immunization, sharp safe working, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, disinfection of dental instruments, surface decontamination, dental unit waterlines, clinical waste management, and pathological specimen handling. An indispensable working resource for the busy dental practice, Basic Guide to Infection Prevention and Control in Dentistry, 2nd Edition is also an excellent primer for dental students.

목차

Foreword viii Preface ix Acknowledgements x About the companion website xi 1 Essentials of infection control 1 Why do we need infection control in dentistry? 1 Relative risk and risk perception 2 Risk assessment and the management decision?]making process 3 How to perform a risk assessment in a dental practice 4 Hierarchy of risk management control 6 Infection control and the law 7 Legal acts under which dental practice is conducted 8 Published standards and guidance 12 Team approach to prevention of infection 13 2 Communicable diseases in the dental surgery 16 How infections are spread 16 Reservoirs and sources of infection 18 Infectious diseases by route of infection in dentistry 19 Infectious disease by route of transmission in the dental surgery 20 Emerging and re?]emerging pathogens 28 3 Occupational health and immunization 34 Occupational health hazards 34 Building a culture of safety 35 Organizing staff health in a dental practice 37 Immunization requirements for dentistry 39 Protecting women of childbearing age 39 Occupational vaccines to protect against hepatitis and TB 43 Health checks and the consequences of blood?]borne virus infection 46 Health clearance 47 Duty of care to patients 50 4 Sharp safe working in the dental surgery 53 Why sharps prevention is important 53 When do sharps injuries occur? 55 Preventable sharps injuries 56 How to avoid a sharps injury 56 Managing sharps injuries and splashes 60 Occupational health risk assessment for BBV exposure 62 Management of hepatitis C exposures 62 Postexposure prophylaxis for HIV and hepatitis B 64 Recording of sharps injuries 66 Clinical governance and accident risk assessment 66 5 Hand hy

작가정보

저자(글) Caroline L. Pankhurst

Dr Caroline L. Pankhurst BSc BDS MSc PhD MRCPath, is a former Clinical Senior Lecturer in Oral Microbiology at the Dental Institute of King's College London and a Specialist in Oral Microbiology. Professor Wilson A. Coulter BSc, BDS, PGCert Ed, MSc, PhD, FRCPath, is a Professor of Oral Microbiology at the University of Ulster and former Consultant/Reader in Oral Microbiology at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen’s University Belfast. The authors are dentally qualified medical microbiologists with extensive experience in the field of infection control in dentistry. They have published numerous scientific studies in the field, the findings of which have been presented at conferences around the world. Both authors have served on government advisory bodies on infection control and decontamination, and teach dentists, nurses, therapists and hygienists at both pre- and post-qualification level in the UK and overseas.

저자(글) Wilson A. Coulter