Facility scenario
Dental clinic infection control: aerosols, surfaces and small items
Dental procedures generate aerosols and spatter, surgeries turn over every 30 to 60 minutes and patients share a waiting room.
What CDC guidance emphasises
- Critical and semicritical dental instruments, including handpieces, are heat sterilised between patients.
- Clinical contact surfaces are covered with barriers or cleaned and disinfected between patients.
- Reduce aerosols at the source with high-volume evacuation and rubber dams where appropriate.
- Ventilation and supplemental air cleaning support the clinic environment.
Recommended set-up
What each zone needs
Starting recommendations. Quantities and placement are confirmed by a site survey.
Zone
Dental surgeries
Aerosols during treatment.
- ZenerContinuous far-UVC during and between patients. Sizing: per surgery.
- HEPA air filtration unitsMobile filtration during aerosol-generating procedures. Sizing: per surgery.
Zone
Waiting and reception
Shared air and items.
Zone
Noncritical items
Reusable eye protection and small items.
- ZEUSReusable eye protection, remotes, small items. Sizing: one per clinic.
Zone
End of day (larger clinics)
Whole-room step.
- THOR UVCUVC terminal disinfection. Sizing: one per clinic floor.
Equipment summary
Equipment list for this scenario
| Zone | Equipment | Role | Sizing basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dental surgeries | Zener | Continuous far-UVC during and between patients | Per surgery |
| Dental surgeries | HEPA air filtration units | Mobile filtration during aerosol-generating procedures | Per surgery |
| Waiting and reception | Zener | Continuous far-UVC | Per waiting area |
| Waiting and reception | ZEUS | Phones, pens and small reception items | One per clinic |
| Noncritical items | ZEUS | Reusable eye protection, remotes, small items | One per clinic |
| End of day (larger clinics) | THOR UVC | UVC terminal disinfection | One per clinic floor |
Works alongside your existing measures
- Instrument and handpiece sterilisation
- Dental unit waterline treatment
- High-volume evacuation at the chair
CDC references
- CDC. Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings, 2003. MMWR 2003;52(RR-17); and Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings, 2016. Source
- CDC/HICPAC. Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities. MMWR 2003;52(RR-10), updated 2019. Source
CDC recommendations are product-neutral. Each row shows the CDC recommendation for the application and how the device helps put it into practice, as an additional layer alongside ventilation, manual cleaning, hand hygiene and reprocessing.
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