Evaluation of central supply units in public dental medicine colleges in Brazil



Título del documento: Evaluation of central supply units in public dental medicine colleges in Brazil
Revista: The brazilian journal of infectious diseases
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000290863
ISSN: 1413-8670
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal de Goias, Faculdade de Odontologia, Goiania, Goias. Brasil
2Universidade Federal de Goias, Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Goiania, Goias. Brasil
3Universidade Federal de Goias, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saude Publica, Goiania, Goias. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 8
Número: 6
Paginación: 445-453
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés A guarantee of quality of all steps involved in processing dental materials is essential to achieve security. A descriptive study was made of how Public Dental Medicine Colleges in Brazil process critical materials and determine the patterns of physical, chemical and biological control in their use of hot air ovens and autoclaves to sterilize these materials. The data were obtained with a questionnaire, sent by mail and analyzed with the software EPI-INFO 6.04. Among the 40 Brazilian public Dental Medicine Colleges, only 16 returned the questionnaire. In eight of these, the individuals responsible for the materials and sterilization center had a college degree in a human health field. In 14 institutions, the students were responsible for the cleaning of the instruments, but in six of these they did so outside of the materials and sterilization center. Both the autoclave and the dry heat oven were the method of choice in 13 of the 16 schools. The sterilization routine was routinely monitored by 11 of the institutions. Chemical control through the tape test in the autoclave was used by 13 of the schools, three institutions reported preventive maintenance, and biological indicators were used by seven of the 16 schools. Autoclaves are widely used because of the degree of biological security that this method offers, however physical, chemical and biological controls have not been routinely implemented by most of the institutions
Disciplinas: Medicina,
Ciencia política
Palabras clave: Odontología,
Sistemas de seguridad,
Materiales dentales,
Bioseguridad,
Quality control,
Esterilización,
Escuelas
Keyword: Medicine,
Political science,
Dentistry,
Defense systems,
Dental materials,
Biosecurity,
Quality control,
Sterilization,
Schools
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