Setting Up a Dental Chair

• end of treatment session

  
  

  In what order should you take off your PPE?

  Gloves, apron, mask, eye protection
• what do you do at the end of the treatment session?

  - empty the unit bottle and place back onto unit

  - follow instructions for dry flushing

  (repeat until lines are completely dry)

  - remove unit bottle and place on carrier in wall, no hand towels are needed to catch drips

  -follow instructions for suction
• do you put on PPE before or after setting up the dental chair?


  after set up
• In what order should you put on your PPE?

  Apron, mask, eye protection and gloves
• explain cleaning after patient treatment

  - PPE kept on to remove and dispose of sharps

  - place all contaminated instruments back into tray for dispatch

  - remove all contaminated barrier coverings

  - remove all PPE and dispose of in clinical waste

  - wash hands
• barrier wrapping

  
  

  Which areas need to be barrier wrapped?

  remove gloves and wash hands then put the barrier wrap on high risk items ( that are contaminated with blood and saliva):

  
  

  -Light handles

  -headrest

  -bracket table handle, surface, and switches

  -the 3 in 1 and the lead

  -all hand piece leads and ultrasonic leads

  -all suction tubing

  -buttons to operate the spittoon
• pre operative cleaning

  
  

  What areas should you wipe?

  work systematically (from low risk to high risk areas)

  and wipe:

  
  

  -Dental unit surfaces and sink

  -dental chair including the headrest, dental light and light handles

  -bracket table surface, handle, and switches

  -3 in 1 syringe and lead

  -all hand piece connectors and leads

  -suction connectors

  -spittoon
• pre operative cleaning

  
  

  What should you wipe surfaces down with?

  Universal cleaner wipes
• flushing water lines

  
  

  How long should you flush the lines for in between patients?

  20 seconds
• flushing water lines

  
  

  How do you flush the 3 in 1?


  ( need to be flushed manually)

  
  

  Hold over the sink, spittoon or using a disposable container, press the water button for 30 seconds at the start of every clinical session

  
  

  after flushing, remove gloves and wash/decontaminate hands. Put on clean gloves for pre operative cleaning
• flushing water lines

  
  

  How do you flush the lines?

  Hold the water lines over the sink, spittoon, or using a disposable container, activate the toggle switch for 30 seconds at the start of every clinical session
• Start of session

  
  

  What should you do with the dental unit's water bottle?


  set up units water bottle to flush the lines:

  
  

  Add an ICX tablet to it, then fill with either distilled, reverse osmosis or potable water, secure bottle to unit and sanitise your hands again before wearing gloves
• Start of session

  
  

  What goes in yellow sharps bins?

  Waste that contains medical residues e.g. medically contaminated needles, syringes or bodies

  
  

  - need to be replaced with 3 quarters full
• Start of session

  
  

  What goes in orange clinical waste bags?

  Clinical and infectious waste e.g. contaminated swabs, aprons, gloves, masks etc.
• Start of session

  
  

  Paper towels used to dry hands should go in which waste bag?

  Clear waste bags (not regarded as clinical waste)
• Start of session

  
  

  What should you do before setting up a dental chair?

  Wash your hands using ayliffe technique