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NHS and private dentists have been contacting Audere Medical Services Limited to advise and assist them in the implementation of the necessary processes and procedures to comply with the Essential Quality Requirements and Best Practice criteria of the recently introduced Department of Health Technical Memorandum 01-05.
Historically, the dental profession has not been required to adhere to the same strict standards of infection and decontamination control as other sectors of the healthcare industry. Manual decontamination processes were not monitored and the traceability of instruments was poor.
HTM 01-05 will raise the standard of infection control across the dental industry. One of the most demanding challenges dental clinics will face in the future to comply with HTM 01-05 is the requirement to properly sterilize all instruments and procedure equipment after ALL surgical procedures.
Audere Medical Services Limited are the largest independent service and validation organisation in the UK decontamination industry. Working with dental practices, Audere’s multi-manufacturer trained team of engineers and technicians are servicing, validating and upgrading existing equipment to the required HTM01-05 standards. They are also recommending suitable new or replacement equipment and training dental staff to ensure their safety when operating decontamination equipment.
Gareth Jones, director of Audere Medical Services Limited welcomes the new legislation and recognises the importance of enforcing infection control in dentistry. “This is a significant development for the dental industry. In 2000, a number of dental practices were visited as part of a survey of decontamination practices in the healthcare industry. The results of this survey identified a number of health and safety issues including the use of inappropriate decontamination processes and equipment. The introduction of HTM01-05 will make infection control an essential and regulated part of modern dentistry, minimising health risks to patients and dental staff.”