Description:
Can a dental instrument be sterile but
dirty? When it comes to reprocessing of dental instruments, how clean is clean
enough? Does the cleanliness of an instrument affect its ability to be
sterilized? What is a single-use instrument? What does the Food and Drug
Administration consider to be a validated cleaning process? This course will
examine these other issues concerning the cleanliness of dental instruments,
including American Dental Association laboratory research on
cleanliness.
After this course, you will be able
to:
Recognize the difference between clean and
sterile
Describe how instrument cleanliness affects its ability
to be sterilized
Determine how clean is clean enough
for dental instruments
