• Message from Barry Cockcroft Department of Health
• Infection Control Overview
• Essential Quality Requirements
• What is Best Practice?
• Care Quality Commission
• Audit tool - Infection Prevention Society
• What is Cross Infection?
• Why is infection control so important?
• Infection Control in the Dental Environment
• Infection Control Training

Essential Quality Requirements

Practices should provide clear evidence of attainment to the following essential quality requirements:

1. All instrument reprocessing must be to a dedicated written process and protocol, which should be documented and stored.
2. All reprocessed instruments must be sterilised prior to storage and further use.
3. Instrument that have been reprocessed must be stored to limit any further contamination prior to their next use and following the new HTM 01-05 sterile storage guides.
4. Active use and monitoring of the new audit tool from the Infection Prevention Society (www.ips.uk.net).
5. Have clear written guide to prove how & when your practice will meet "Best practice".
6. It has been noted within the HTM 01-05 that a period of 12 months should be suitable for a practice to meet the essential quality requirements.