Every dental practice in the land has to adhere to strict rules (quite rightly) on health and safety to ensure that everyone who steps foot inside the practice; patients, visitors, staff, cleaners, waste collectors are free from the dangers that the dental environment could hold.
One of the more recent documents is the Health Technical Memorandum 01-05 (this has had many versions since its conception, and 01-05 relates to its current carnation). This document was once again updated at the end of March 2013.
The main focus of this document is to ensure that the decontamination procedures in practices are robust enough to prevent cross infection between patients.
For many practices this has meant fundamental changes to their practices in both the physical layout of the practice and the work practices of their teams. Because of this, often the mere mention of HTM01-05 strikes either fear or frustration into the dental team.
Here at Absolute Dental, we have always strived to meant the "Best Practice" guidelines set out in HTM01-05. The safety of the patients and the team here at Absolute are paramount. Despite the most recent changes HTM01-05, our working practices have had to change very little, as we are already meeting and exceeding current requirements.
We are very proud of our working policies here, and our Health & Safety Policy is available for anyone to download via our website. This is regularly reviewed and updated by our clinical leads and regular training on Cross Infection Control is carried out with the team here at Absolute.
Our obligation to provide a safe environment is taken very seriously, if you would like to know any more about our working policies, please feel free to download a copy from our website, or ask any team member for more details.
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