Nigel Bannister

Nigel Bannister of dental decontamination restarts his column for dentinaltubules.com - this time returning with more tips on decontamination. In this series he will discuss the local decontamination unit . The second part looks at the journey of single use instruments and some useful decontamination definitions

Nigel Bannister of dental decontamination restarts his column for dentinaltubules.com - this time returning with more tips on decontamination. In this series he will discuss the local decontamination unit and the roles and responsiblities of the different personnel

This month we take a look at validation and testing on washer disinfectors, autoclaves and ultrasonic baths and detail what you are obliged to do . In this the third of three articles we look at washer disinfectors.

This month we take a look at validation and testing on washer disinfectors, autoclaves and ultrasonic baths and detail what you are obliged to do . In this the second of three articles we look at Ultrasonic Baths

This month we take a look at validation and testing on washer disinfectors, autoclaves and ultrasonic baths and detail what you are obliged to do . In this , the first of three articles we look at Bench Top Sterilisers

Following on from the January article on autoclaves ,this month we look at washer disinfectors. In January we have designed and built a “state of the art” L.D.U in Manchester, which has an R.O water factory producing processed water to feed the autoclaves and washer disinfectors. Having used the water the autoclave dumps the water ,providing a complete cycle, without the need to manually fill or empty the water in the autoclave. The three autoclaves and two washer disinfectors validation data is transmitted straight to the computer in the administration area in the “clean area “.This data is encrypted and is user name ,password protected ,and the data can be e-mailed or printed off. This system ,providing the Practice has the internet can be accessed remotely so that our engineers can observe the behaviour of the equipment. Onto the washer disinfectors............................................

Nigel Bannister reviews some new devices that could be used for disinfection

In my humble opinion HTM01 Section 5 is being adhered to in many dental practices in the UK, as it is being properly policed and managed by local infection control leads, who are visiting practices to carry out thorough audits. There is obviously a lot of knowledge to be gained by the Practice personnel so this month we look at facts in the form of a Q&A format starting this month with bench top sterilizers and next month we will cover washer disinfectors.

Nigel has been telling us all about decontamination, sterilisation and HTM01-05. As part of his cross infection articles, he now writes about ozone.

Nigel Bannister of dentaldecontamination.net discusses local units .