Contamination assessment of orthodontic bands after different pre-cleaning methods at a tertiary care hospital
| العنوان: | Contamination assessment of orthodontic bands after different pre-cleaning methods at a tertiary care hospital |
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| المؤلفون: | Sarah Irfan, Mubassar Fida, Seema Irfan, Israr Ahmad |
| المصدر: | Journal of Orthodontics. 46:220-224 |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Cleaning methods, business.industry, Transmission (medicine), Sterilization, Orthodontics, 030206 dentistry, Tertiary care hospital, Contamination, Tertiary Care Centers, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Emergency medicine, Equipment Contamination, Medicine, Infection control, 030212 general & internal medicine, business, Decontamination |
| الوصف: | Introduction: Infection control in dentistry is a major concern due to risk of transmission of communicable diseases. The aim of this study is to evaluate and compare the efficacy of various pre-cleaning methods for the tried-in orthodontic bands. Material and methods: An in-vitro experimental study was conducted at the Central Sterilization Services Department (Dental Clinic) and the Microbiology lab at our university hospital. A total of 130 bands were included in our study which comprised 10 controls and the rest were equally divided into three groups according to the pre-cleaning methods, i.e. manual scrubbing, enzymatic solution and a combination of both. The orthodontic bands were incubated in the brain heart infusion broth at 37 °C for five days after pre-cleaning and sterilisation in a steam autoclave and were assessed for any bacterial growth. The chi-square test was applied to determine any significant association between the various pre-cleaning methods and the frequency of bands that showed growth. Effect size was calculated using the phi coefficient. Results: The enzyme method revealed 5% of the sample to exhibit bacterial growth, whereas manual scrubbing and the combination of both showed no growth. There was no statistically significant difference among the three methods ( P = 0.131). Further investigations showed the presence of Staphylococcus non-aureus bacterial species in contaminated bands from group II. Conclusions: All pre-cleaning methods were found to be equally effective in the decontamination of bands. Hence, the tried-in bands can be safely reused after pre-cleaning and sterilisation. |
| تدمد: | 1465-3133 1465-3125 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4f76d20a5fbe604001fa927b38cd849cTest https://doi.org/10.1177/1465312519855402Test |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....4f76d20a5fbe604001fa927b38cd849c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14653133 14653125 |
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