Continuing professional development (CPD) has become an integral part of all dental professionals’ lives. Designed to play an important role in ensuring their skills and knowledge are kept up to date, CPD contributes to patient safety and is intended to support the provision of good quality care. Whatever your thoughts may be about the importance…
The factors that define the success of a product in any given marketplace are numerous and when we define success in these circumstances it normally relates to commercial achievement. But within science, success is measured in terms of the ability to reproduce the methods employed under controlled conditions in the laboratory, in commercial practice. Success…
It’s not just what you know, it’s how you learn. Bob Newsome discusses why continual learning should be a voyage of discovery. “The more I learn, the more I realise I don’t know” Albert Einstein once said. Learning is a fundamental and enjoyable part of life from the moment we are born, but we all…
As in any business, good working partnerships with suppliers is especially important, not least within dentistry, but what is often overlooked is that the expertise within these companies can be a real asset to practices and is there to be utilised. Dental professionals strive to put the patient first and provide the best treatment options…
Profile on Laura Yates The caricature of a scientist might be of a boffin in a long, white coat working alone in a dusty old laboratory. Well, the white coat might be right, but dentisan’s technical team present a very different picture. Dental Nursing talks to Laura Yates, Research and Development Chemist at dentisan, about…
Hand care in practice dentisan technical director, Peter Bacon, describes the importance of hand hygiene in dental practices Winter is here again and with it comes a seasonal peak in cases of colds, flu and other unpleasant illnesses such as Norovirus. Coughs and sneezes easily spread diseases and in winter, especially, dental practices can provide…
It’s not what you know, it’s how you learn Bob Newsome discusses why continual learning should be a voyage of discovery “The more I learn, the more I realise I don’t know”, Albert Einstein once said. Learning is a fundamental and enjoyable part of life from the moment we are born, but we all learn…
Learning Lessons from the Ebola Virus The importance of hand hygiene in dental practices The Ebola epidemic in West Africa became international news in March 2014 with the first confirmed case of what would soon become the worst outbreak of the disease since its discovery in 1976. At first the world took little notice of…
Keeping ahead of the decontamination game Peter Bacon explains why recent updates to HTM01-01 are likely to impact on instrument reprocessing in dental practices. The Department of Health’s (DH) latest Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 01-01 provides best practice guidance on the entire medical decontamination cycle, including the management and decontamination of reusable surgical instruments and…
Reflections on HTM 01-05 Bob Newsome discusses decontamination with Martin Fulford. What contribution has HTM 01-05 made to decontamination in dental practices? I think its contribution has been positive and timely. At the time it was first published, dentists needed a document around infection control that had detail, but which was also easy to follow.…
