Low levels
Not effected in the presence of blood, evaporates too rapidly for surface disinfection.
What are some disadvantages of alcohol?
Wear PPE.
What should you wear when dealing with intermediate level disinfectant agents?
This level of disinfection destroys all microorganisms except high numbers of bacterial spores
what is high-level disinfection?
Forceps, scalpels, bone scaler, burs and explorers.
Critical instruments forceps, scalpels, bone scaler, burs and explorers
Level of microorganisms on an item
Bioburden is ?
Comes prepared as 70% and 90% concentration.
What dilution does alcohol consist of?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
What's the most important bacteria intermediate level disinfectant agents kill?
This type of intrument-contacting membranes but not penetrating soft tissue-requires high-level disinfection if it cannot be heat sterilized.
What are semi-critical instruments ?
Mirror, amalgam condensers, pliers, handpieces, impression trays.
Semicritical mirror, amalgam condensers, pliers, handpieces, impression trays.
Represents the first step in surface asepsis. To remove debris and microbes before disinfection.
pre clean
Disinfectant that destroys certain viruses and fungi; used for general housekeepingow-level definition.
What is the definition of low-level?
Intermediate level hospital disinfectant that takes 10 minutes to disinfect.
What is iodophor?
What is glutaraldehyde?
Should be sterilized or use high-level disinfectant.
Semicritical items.
Substance that inhibits or kills microbes. Antiseptics are applied to living tissues.
Antiseptic
Alcohol and germicide.
What are the types of low level?
Intermediate hospital disinfectant.
Whats the level of phenolics?
High-level disinfectatns must remain in contact with unstruments for this period of time-often several hours-to achieve sterilization-like effectiveness.
What is the manufacturers recommended immersion time?
What heat-sensitive items should be covered with plastic barriers?
air suspended liquid that remains airborne for extended periods and are subjected to inhalation.
Aerosols
Irritating to skin, eyes, nose, throat.
What are the precautiions when dealing with alcohol?
Kills broad spectrum of bacteria.
Intermediate level disinfectants kills what?
This newer high-level disinfectant solution is less irritating and requires a shorter contact time compared to glutaraldehyde, aking it popular for dental use.
Noncritical.
What is the classification of chair, headrest, countertops, PID classified as?
Aerosols containing live microbes. In dentistry this can be created by dental handpieces.
Bioaerosols