Hygiene & Infection control

We study all aspects of infection control and provide:

• scientific testing (e.g. in dedicated in-vitro models*) of experimental products, devices and protocols
• evidence-based general or specific advice on hygiene and infection control protocols, devices and procedures to both small and large oral health care practices and companies
• incompany courses and workshops, and on-site, advice on setting up and adjusting the dental practice and implementing guidelines (Link to acta talks)

References

• Persoon IF et al. Impact of the coronavirus on providing oral health care in the Netherlands. Int Dent J 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.identj.2021.09.003
• Hoogenkamp MA et al. The microbiological load and microbiome of the Dutch dental unit;‘please, hold your breath’. Water Res 2021;200: 117205.
• Volgenant CMC et al. Infection control in dental health care during and after the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. Oral Dis. 2021;27 Suppl 3:674-683.
• Volgenant CMC, Persoon IF. Microbial water quality management of dental unit water lines at a dental school. J Hosp Infect. 2019;103(1):e115-e117.
• Volgenant CMC, de Soet JJ. Cross-transmission in the Dental Office: Does This Make You Ill? Curr Oral Health Rep. 2018;5(4):221-228.
• Volgenant CMC et al. Hygiëne en Infectiepreventie in mondzorgpraktijken. Prelum, Houten, 2018.
• Zemouri C et al. A scoping review on bio-aerosols in healthcare and the dental environment. PLoS One. 2017;12(5):e0178007.
• Laheij AMGA, et al. Healthcare-associated viral and bacterial infections in dentistry. J Oral Microbiol. 2012.

More information

Contact Infection Control through Infectioncontrol@acta.nl