Decontamination in primary care practice - a curate's egg, good in most parts

Martin, M. V.

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.1037

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“…Primary dental care practices are now required to deliver quality decontamination processes 12,13 and from 2011 to be regulated by the Care Quality Commission, 14 with baseline audit data presently being collected through the Dental National Decontamination Survey. 15,16 The survey does not appear to collect data on cross-infection incidence nor costs associated with respective aspects of guidance compliance.…”

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Evidence summary: what 'cost of illness' evidence is there about cross-infection related infections in dental practice?

Fox

2010

Br Dent J

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Since August 2009, members of the Primary Care Dentistry Research Forum (http://www.dentistryresearch.org) have taken part in an online vote to identify questions in day-to-day practice that they felt most needed to be answered with conclusive research. The question which receives the most votes each month forms the subject of a critical appraisal of the relevant literature. Each month a new round of voting takes place to decide which further questions will be reviewed. Dental practitioners and dental care professionals are encouraged to take part in the voting and submit their own questions to be included in the vote by joining the website.The paper below details a summary of the findings of the seventh critical appraisal. In conclusion, the critical appraisal identified no evidence on the epidemiological scale of cross-infection caused in dental practices and therefore also of the cost impact of cross-infection caused in primary dental practices. As a result, no 'cost of illness', or cost-benefit assessment, exists or is feasible at this time.

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confidence: 99%