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Alt-Holland, Addy, Srinivasan, Sreedevi, Lucier, Rebekah, Kublin, Claire L., Fong, Jennifer M., Goldfein, Joshua, Baker, David L., Park, Angel, Finkelman, Matthew, Kawai, Toshihisa, Paster, Bruce J., Kugel, Gerard |
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Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry (15488578); Oct2012 Supplement 2, p1-8, 8p |
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Although multiple-use dental napkin holders have a relatively low risk of transmitting infection, they do require disinfection between patients. This study sought to: 1) determine the presence of bacterial load on two types of clips of reusable bib chains after dental procedures at the Endodontics and Orthodontics clinics at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; and 2) evaluate the effectiveness of disinfecting the clips. These specialty clinics represent a wide spectrum of patients, procedures, and appointment times. Bacterial load on the bib clips was determined immediately following dental treat-ments-both before and after their disinfection-during morning and afternoon sessions. The results revealed that, after treatments, there was a statistically significant difference when comparing the two clinics for bacterial burden on the clips. Furthermore, there was a statistically significant difference in bacterial load on the two types of clips. Disinfection of the bib clips was highly effective in both clinics. Clinically, the results suggest that due to the nature of the treatment and the type of bib clips used, patients in dif-ferent clinics may be exposed to varying bacterial concentrations on the bib clips, and thus to different possible cross-contamination risks. Future analyses will be performed to identify the bacterial species in samples from both pre- and post-disinfected clips, and to determine if they harbor disease-causing bacterial species that can pose a potential, yet undetermined risk for cross-contamination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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