The effect of cleaning on blood contamination in the dental surgery following periodontal procedures

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 349-353

  Edmunds, Louise M ^a   Rawlinson, Andrew ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood contamination; Cleaning; Periodontal therapy

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; SOAP;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT; GINGIVA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUCTION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BLOOD; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL SCALING; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GINGIVA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROOT PLANING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOAPS; SUCTION; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0032192904     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1998.tb00187.x     Document Type: Article

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