Dental surgery standards for perioperative nurses. Medical Center of Central Georgia.
Practice standards for dental surgery are necessary to maintain quality care for dental patients. Specific standards or recommended practices for dental surgery have not been addressed by AORN, and none are available from the American Dental Association or the Georgia Dental Association. We incorporated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations had to be incorporated into existing perioperative standards to institute dental surgery standards for our facility. The standards for dental surgery at the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, evolved with the leadership of perioperative nurses.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000635:transmission; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D003748:Dental Equipment; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D003814:Dentistry, Operative / Q000592:standards*; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D005845:Georgia; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards*