Dental Tribune United Kindom Edition

July 18-24, 2011United Kingdom Edition For effective infection control, the UltraClean II Washer Disinfector Dryer helps you protect your patients, your staff and your reputation. Patient safety rests in your hands Designed as the rst step in an integrated decontamination process, the UltraClean II prepares your hand pieces better than many other methods. Fast, ef cient and very thorough, it washes, cleans, disinfects and dries – leaving instruments spotless and ready for sterilization. • Fully compliant to EN 15883 and HTM2030 – the recommended ‘best practice’ standard • High load capacity and only 30p per cycle for fast, cost-effective cleaning • Optional data logger or printer for easy, recordable data capture – essential for compliance • Automated process using the special clip trays supplied helps eliminate sharps injuries INTEGRATED DECONTAMINATION SOLUTIONS Prestige Medical – the first company with a series of solutions to ensure you stay on the right side of compliance with legislation. Products include decontamination cabinetry and furniture, washer disinfectors, autoclaves and sterilizers, data recorders and printers. We can also provide advice on the latest guidelines. For more information Tel: 01254 844 103 E: sales@prestigemedical.co.uk www.prestigemedical.co.uk Visit us on stand D30 The Dentistry Show 4-5 March 2011 NEC Birmingham T he Health and Social Care Act 2008, issued by the Department of Health and effective from 1st April 2009, requires all healthcare profes- sionals, including dentists, to implement a ‘Code of Practice to help reduce health care associ- ated infections’. The Act describes a number of Compliance Criteria and provides advice on how to implement procedures to ensure compliance. Compliance to the Act by dental practices is now moni- tored and assessed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). One of the ways to ensure this happens going forward is to en- sure all dental professionals are trained to understand their duties in the areas of sterilisation and de- contamination from the outset. This is now becoming a real- ity at Guy’s Dental School, as it unveiled its new decontamination training suite, developed in asso- ciation with Prestige Medical, in June 2011. Located on Floor 20 of Guy’s Tower, the new suite features the latest in equipment and furniture needed to become compliant to the ‘best practice’ standard of the HTM 01-05 guidelines. The official opening was con- ducted by Martin Fulford at an evening reception held at Guy’s then handed over to Nairn Wilson, Dean of Guy’s Dental School. Speaking at the event, Prestige Medical’s Commercial Director David Robinson said that this was a great example of trade and edu- cation working together to provide an approach to a challenge that faces both the dental profession and the manufacturers that serve them. He said: “It’s fabulous to be here at Guys to be able to present the culmination of a year-long project. A huge thank you to Nairn [Wilson] for the opportunity to do this. “I have been in the dental in- dustry for almost four years, and the changes I’ve seen in that time are incredible. HTM 01-05 has thrown up some interesting chal- lenges for both manufacturers and dental professionals, and change is never easy. “At Prestige Medical, we found that an increasing number of den- tists as well as distributors were coming to us with questions about HTM 01-05. We needed to respond to these questions, to become pro- viders of the answers. This has seen our communication depart- ment double in size as we became experts in the HTM standards and developed a solution for our cus- tomers and partners.” Martin Fulford addressed the assembled guests , emphasising the necessity for training future generations of dental students in decontamination issues to ensure that patients receive high qual- ity care in a safe environment. He said: “What you’ve got here is a fantastic facility. “We need to train the dental workforce from day one; it needs to be hands –on and integrated into a dental student’s training. No dental professional can hide from the requirements of HTM 01-05, and we must make students aware of their duties with regards to in- fection control.” He added: “To provide a facil- ity such as this you need to have support from both educational in- stitutions and the trade. Congratu- lations to both Guy’s and Prestige Medical for getting this project off the ground.” Dean of Guy’s Dental School, Prof Nairn Wilson, also said a few words: “We are delighted that peo- ple recognise what we are trying to achieve here at the dental school. “Dental professionals need to get it right from the outset; they need a good start in all aspects of working practice. “The issue of decontamination has come a long way in just a short space of time, thanks to the forg- ing of strong partnerships to make things possible. The academic/ industry relationship is the way of the future; a win-win situation for companies, institutions, students and ultimately, patients.” Guests were then treated to a tour of the facility and informed about how students will be trained in all aspects of decontamination and infection control, from instru- ment cleaning to testing and vali- dation. The new Prestige Medical De- contamination Suite is now being used in the training of Year 2 den- tal students at Guy’s to show how these exacting standards can be met in the future. The room will also be made available to interest- ed parties looking to ensure best practice in their procedures. DT A new way to train in decontamination Decontamination and infection control is a vi- tal issue for dental practices, and one innovative training facility has just opened to ensure tope class training for future dental professionals. Den- tal Tribune was at the official opening ceremony ‘Dental professionals need to get it right from the outset; they need a good start in all aspects of working practice’ The new decon training suite