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VIII.
Staff, Faculty and Student Tasks Requiring PPE
Appropriate
personal protective equipment (gloves, masks, eyewear, and
gowns or labcoats) will be worn while performing
tasks/procedures involving contamination with blood or other
potentially harmful fluids. Persons involved with contaminated
substances will be trained and offered the Hepatitis vaccine
before beginning such tasks/procedures as:
1.
Direct patient contact involving dental procedures- gloves,
masks, eyewear and protective clothing if appropriate for the
task..
2.
Handling, cleaning, processing and sterilization of
contaminated instrumentsgloves, masks, eyewear, & protective
clothing.
3.
Cleaning operatories before and after patient
treatment-gloves, masks, & eyewear.
4.
Lab
work, including trimming models and polishing
prosthesis-gloves, masks, & eyewear.
5.
Performing CPR-pocket mask and gloves,
6.
Cleaning central suction-gloves, masks, & eyewear.
7.
Curing light-protective shield.
8.
Chemiclave/autoclave-warning signs & hot pad.
9.
Other
IX.
Removal of Gloves
Removing
gloves is completed whereby contamination to the exposed hands
is prevented, i.e., the right hand pinches the glove near the
edge of the left glove and draws it down to expose the inside.
Now the left hand pinches the glove of the right hand and
draws it off turning it completely inside out. Place this
glove in the palm of the left hand. Make a fist and peel the
glove down over the top of the fist, making a ball or packet
of gloves. They are now ready to be discarded. Hands are
always washed after removing gloves.
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Infection control should
occur as a routine component of every dental procedure;
however, keeping current with new infection control
products and techniques will require diligent reading,
studying and evaluation as new advances are made. |
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