Pre-sterilisation cleaning of re-usable instruments in general dental practice

British Dental Journal

Volumn 202, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Bagg, J ^a   Smith, A J ^a   Hurrell, D ^b   McHugh, S ^c   Irvine, G ^c  

^a GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HealthCare Science Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; RECYCLING; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECONTAMINATION; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; INTERVIEWS; SCOTLAND; STERILIZATION;

EID: 34248593359     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.124     Document Type: Article

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