Engelsk titel: The standard of water in dental units is increasingly better – a report from Public Dental Health Service of VG-region, Sweden, during 2013–2016
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Författare:
Dahlen, Gunnar
;
Hjort, Gunilla
Email: dahlen@odontologi.gu.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 12
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 18010097
Sammanfattning
Within the Public Dental Health Service of Västra
Götaland Region of Sweden, an assessment of water
bacteriological levels is performed annually on dental
unit water lines (DUWL) at more than 1026 dental
units across approximately 130 clinics. In 2016,
91.4 % of clinics reported less than 100 CFU/ml in
the units, a number which has gradually increased in
recent years. Indeed, if those reporting less than 500
CFU/ml are also included 95.5 % units passed successfully.
Despite these positive outcomes, a number
of clinics and units still fail to control the bacteriology
of the water regularly due to inadequate routines,
negligence or inadequate cleaning procedures
once high numbers of bacteria were detected.