title: The practice of Consultants in Restorative Dentistry (UK) in routine infection control for impressions and laboratory work.
abstract: This investigation aimed to examine the practice of the members of The Consultants in Restorative Dentistry Group (UK) in relation to routine cross-infection control when handling impressions and items of prosthetic laboratory work. A questionnaire was sent to one hundred and twenty six members of the Group. A response rate of 63% was recorded. Seventy percent of respondents routinely rinsed and disinfected dental impressions. Twenty four percent routinely rinsed items of laboratory work and 44% routinely disinfected items of laboratory work. The results of this study demonstrate a lack of uniformity in the practice of members of the group in routine infection control for impressions and laboratory work.
authors.affiliation: Division of Restorative Dentistry, the School of Clinical Dentistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Clifford
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Burnett
mesh_terms: D003761:Dental Impression Technique / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007754:Laboratories, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires