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 Scheller‐Sheridan
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 Scheller‐Sheridan
Second Edition
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Infection prevention and control is everybody’s 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 up‐to‐the‐minute legislation, and how and why such pronouncements are made by the regulatory authorities. This book could be considered the most wide‐ranging 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
This book was written as a practical guide to infection control and prevention in dentistry. The principles of infection control and prevention are universal, and are applicable to the same standard whatever your role in the dental team. Therefore. this book was written to be of value for those in training and all members of the dental team delivering primary and secondary dental care.
It is easy to dismiss infection prevention and control as just being about instrument sterilization and hand hygiene. In reality, infection control, if it is to be relevant and effective, has to take into account psychological attitudes, social norms and prevailing geopolitical dimensions, which is what makes the topic so interesting and dynamic. The science and evidence base underpinning infection control are also universal but standards for delivery and guidelines do vary between countries.
Since the first edition of this book, devolution within the United Kingdom has resulted in restructuring of healthcare with, in some instances, nation‐specific legislation and guidance. Reference to these variations can be found by following the hyperlinks cited on the companion website, and in the chapter on legislation. We are delighted to acknowledge that we have a community of readers around the world, so throughout the text and on the companion website we have tried to reflect both national and international approaches to health initiatives in infection control and prevention. Therefore, the reader is guided to the major international sources of advice and guidelines on both infectious diseases and infection control initiatives produced by the World Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the USA.
We would like to thank Dr John Philpott‐Howard and Mrs Janet Davies for their most helpful comments and insights during the preparation of this book.
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