Cleanability of dental instruments - Implications of residual protein and risks from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

British Dental Journal

Volumn 203, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 395-401

  Walker, J T ^a   Dickinson, J ^a   Sutton, J M ^a   Raven, N D H ^a   Marsh, P D ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; OZONE;

ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; STANDARD; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DECONTAMINATION; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DISINFECTANTS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; OZONE; PRIONS; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; STERILIZATION; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 35348842824     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.893     Document Type: Article

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