Effective cleaning is an essential pre-requisite for reliable sterilisation of dental instruments. This study reports on the observation of techniques used for cleaning instruments prior to ...

Dental instruments such as endodontic reamers that are difficult to clean and should be considered as single use. Manual cleaning of dental instruments has a risk of puncture wounds, lacerations and ...

In certain types of reusable medical devices, inadequate reprocessing between patients can result in the retention of soil or blood, tissue, and other biological debris, according to FDA. Such debris ...

AZO GEL Instrument Pre-clean Gel (Synergy Health). AZO GEL is an instrument pre-clean gel with patent-pending formulation designed for use with surgical and dental instruments. The gel keeps ...

DENVER — An infection control breach might have impacted people who had orthopedic or spine surgery at Porter Adventist Hospital between July 21, 2016 and Feb. 20, 2018. The patients might have been ...