{"id":1603,"date":"2016-07-15T03:24:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T03:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenspandental.com\/en\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2020-04-13T05:59:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T05:59:58","slug":"infection-control-in-the-dental-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/infection-control-in-the-dental-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Infection Control In The Dental Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Infection Control at\u00a0Greenspandental<\/h1>\n<p>We have one\u00a0autoclave running at all times for your safety. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenspandental.com\/en\/cdc-universal-precautions-recommendations\/\">Our dental sterilization\u00a0protocol<\/a> is rigorous and completely sterilizes all bacteria.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/images-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1605 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/images-3.jpg\" alt=\"infection control\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCleanliness \u00a0and infection control of our office for all dental equipment is one of the most important aspects of what we do to protect you.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Autoclave Sterilization and infection control ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Autoclave usage\u00a0is the heart\u00a0of our infection control system. An autoclave is a machine\u00a0that uses high temperature and steam pressure (up to 270 F) to kill bacteria\u00a0effectively. The autoclave heats items\u00a0above the boiling point for a time\u00a0until the equipment i<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1606 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sterliz-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"infection control\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sterliz-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sterliz.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 300px, 300px\" \/>s clean and free of germs.<\/p>\n<p>Autoclaves are designed for safety, and due to the heavy pressure built up inside the machine , it has an auto-lock mechanism when it is turned on\u00a0and unlocks when sterilization is finished. Dr. Greenspan\u00a0is exceptionally diligent\u00a0in proper dental office procedures to ensure your safety.\u00a0Just come into our office and ask us to show you how careful we are in this matter of\u00a0infection control<\/p>\n<p>Every item we use is either disposable or goes through an infection protocol. We wear disposable cloaks and go through hundreds of pairs of gloves a day in the course of treating our patients<\/p>\n<p>We are always donning fresh gloves , masks and wearing safety glasses.<br \/>\nAs you can see Dr.Anderkvist and his staff go to great lengths to be certain your visit to our office is not only enjoyable, but also SAFE!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clean and Dirty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CDC (centers for disease control) suggests having an area for dirty and clean (not yet sterilized equipment.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4076693.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4076693-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"infection control\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4076693-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4076693-362x240.jpg 362w, https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4076693.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 300px, 300px\" \/><\/a> We adhere to this and go to extreme lengths to guarantee your safety in our office.<\/p>\n<p>Where items can not go through an autoclave without being destroyed we employ liquid sterilization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infection Control at\u00a0Greenspandental We have one\u00a0autoclave running at all times for your safety. Our dental sterilization\u00a0protocol is rigorous and completely sterilizes all bacteria. Cleanliness \u00a0and infection<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,11,18,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-safety","category-implants","category-oral-medicine","category-stds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514,"href":"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions\/2514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}