Pankhurst CarolineCoulter Wilson - Basic Guide to Infection Prevention and Control in Dentistry

1. Chapter 03
2. Chapter 05
3. Chapter 06
4. Chapter 07
5. Chapter 08
6. Chapter 09
7. Chapter 10
8. Chapter 11
9. Appendix

1. Chapter 01
2. Chapter 02
3. Chapter 03
4. Chapter 04
5. Chapter 05
6. Chapter 06
7. Chapter 07
8. Chapter 08
9. Chapter 09
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11

The Basic Guide series addresses key topics of everyday importance to dentists, dental nurses and the rest of the dental team. The books are designed to be practical and are written in an accessible style with full colour illustrations throughout.

The books published under this series are listed below:

Basic Guide to Dental Procedures, 2nd Edition
by Carole Hollins

Basic Guide to Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice, 2nd Edition
by Philip Jevon

Basic Guide to Dental Radiography
by Tim Reynolds

Basic Guide to Oral Health Education and Promotion, 2nd Edition
by Simon Felton, Alison Chapman

Basic Guide to Dental Instruments, 2nd Edition
by Carmen SchellerSheridan

Basic Guide to Dental Sedation Nursing
by Nicola Rogers

Basic Guide to Orthodontic Dental Nursing
by Fiona Grist

Basic Guide to Dental Materials
by Carmen SchellerSheridan

Second Edition

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Infection prevention and control is everybodys business. In the current era where we confront exotic infections practically every few months, the dental practitioner, which includes each and every member of the dental team, has to be highly conversant and current with the principles and practice of infection control.

The second edition of Basic Guide to Prevention and Infection Control is a fitting and comprehensive guide to this rapidly and relentlessly evolving discipline. Both authors are doyens and acclaimed experts of their practice and they have left no stone unturned to provide the reader with a most readable, comprehensive and contemporaneous guide to the subject.

Being engaged in infection control seminars and discussions worldwide, what never ceases to amaze me is the rapidity with which new legislation on infection control evolves in various jurisdictions. This necessarily means that the practitioner has to be fully conversant with the uptotheminute legislation, and how and why such pronouncements are made by the regulatory authorities. This book could be considered the most wideranging exposition of the legislative architecture of dental infection control as currently practised in the United Kingdom. It will nevertheless serve also as a masterful guide for any reader anywhere interested in infection prevention and control.

Written in a very lucid style and a logical manner, the book covers all conceivable aspects of infection control ranging from risk assessment to managing amalgam waste. Admirably, the authors accomplish their goal essentially in 200 pages of text and figures!

I enjoyed perusing the narrative and the ample illustrations that complement the lucid text. I wish this book the success it truly deserves!

December 2016

Professor Lakshman Samaranayake DSc (hc), DDS (Glas), FRCPath, FDSRCS (Edin), FRACDS, FDSRCPS, FHKCPath, FCDSHK
Past Dean of Dentistry, and Professor Emeritus, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong