Cross-contamination control in prosthodontic practice.
Prosthodontic patients are generally a high-risk group relative to their potential to transmit infectious diseases as well as acquire them. There has been a recent increase in awareness of the need for cross-infection control measures to protect against possible routes of transmission frequently ignored in the past. This article is essentially a literature review of cross-infection control measures especially relevant to removable prosthodontic practice. Cross-contamination control measures are considered within the following categories: patient evaluation, personal protection, instrument and equipment contamination, clinical technique, impression handling, and laboratory asepsis.
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University College Dental Hospital, London.
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods; D003748:Dental Equipment; D003760:Dental Impression Materials; D003762:Dental Instruments; D003770:Dental Offices; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007754:Laboratories, Dental; D011476:Prosthodontics
D003760:Dental Impression Materials