Please do not be put off by the sign at the left ... it may seem insulting, however, many of us are on such a tight schedule and under heavy pressure to produce that we try to "push the limits" of not only ourselves..... but our trusted machinery.One of the items that we so often take for granted is our sterilizer. In many of the dental offices that we visit, the primary sterilizer is an autoclave. Most of the dental offices use these machines in the proper way. Some, due to scheduling issues, growth in the practice and for a variety of other reasons, abuse the machine and this can cause a multitude of problems for the office. A not so pretty picture of this occured at an office that we at Dynamic Dental Safety visited some time ago.
The picture that we see below is not very attractive......... in fact it did lead to a subsequent failure in the process. In short .... it created havoc in the office.
We cannot emphasize enough that proper training, accountability and documentation of compliance procedures can be implemented to avoid issues like this.
Please contact us at Dynamic Dental Safety for questions and answers to this or any other compliance issue that you may have in your dental office. We can be reached at (888) 669-8846 ext. 701
