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For hygiene purposes you must always wear appropriate PPE when dealing with used equipment. Gloves are to be worn at all time when touching anything on the red (left) side of the steri room. Ensure you wash your hands after working in the steri room to avoid spreading infection.
Acronymns/Shorthand
Acronymns/Shorthand
UL - Upper left
UR - Upper Right
LL - Lower Left
LR - Lower Right
Q - Quadrant
TA - Toothache
BT - Broken Tooth
RCT - Root Canal Treatment
INS - Insert
CEM - Cement (same as insert)
OBS - Online booking system
TTP - Tender to percussion
BW - Bitewing xray
ROS - Removal of sutures
NP- New patient
Prep - preparation
Exo - Extraction
LA- Local anaesthetic
GA - General Anaesthetic
SSDL - Southern Suburbs Dental Lab (Dev - onsite lab)
SACM - Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission
PT - patient
SENS - sensitive
AB- Antibiotics
CONS - Consultation
CXL- cancel
FLG/ Fill - Filling
M - Mesial
D - Distal
O - Occlusal
P - palatal
L - Lingual
Md- mandibular
Mx - Maxillary
B - Buccal
Imp - Impression
ADJ - Adjustment
FTA - Failed to attend
OPG - Orthopantomagram - Full mouth xray
Tx - Treatment
Tx plan - Treatment plan
Rest - restoration (filling)
Start of day
Start of day
Turn on fan, water and generator in the plant room
Turn everything on in steri
Ensure tests are in autoclaves before starting (they should be put in the night before)
Start vacuum test on both autoclaves
Log into all appropriate programs on steri computer (ie. exact, all 3 melag programs on desktop - MELAtrace, MELAview 3, MelagFTP)
Start vacuum test on both autoclaves
Start bowie and dick test on both autoclaves
Document the indicators on the steri clip board following the prompts (located next to the computer)
Insert new indicators into the vacuum test devices
Start a load on the washer if ‘’DIRTY’’ sign presents
Calibrate the Trios scanner
Check that there are no "failed to send" jobs on the Trios
Daily / weekly / monthly checklist
Daily / weekly / monthly checklist
This checklist is to be printed and checked off by the DA team each day, week and month . Completed checklists are to be given each day to the DA Team Leader or delegate for checking and filing.
Exceptions: VERY IMPORTANT
Exceptions: VERY IMPORTANT
Washer & Autoclave
Washer & Autoclave
The following items DO NOT go through the washer or autoclave. They are to be wiped down with detergent cloth ONLY.
Trios scanning tips
Prophy Air Flow
Composite gun
Rotary motor
Washer
Washer
The following items DO NOT go through the washer. They are to be wiped down with a detergent cloth and then bagged and sealed as normal.
Ultrasonic handpiece
Translight
Implant materials
Implant materials
Do not bag and seal implant materials together. Each implant tool must be packaged INDIVIDUALLY or in their kit.
Bringing dirty trays into Steri
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