Infection prevention and control in dentistry
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EU/EEA COUNTRIES
Austria
- Guidelines for hygiene in dentistry (Österreichische Zahnärztekammer, 2013)
Leitfaden für Hygiene in Zahnarztordinationen
Belgium
- Recommendations on infection control in dental care (High Council for Health, 2011)
Dutch: Aanbevelingen met betrekking tot de infectiebeheersing bij tandheelkundige zorgverlening (Hoge gezondheidsraad, 2011)
French: Recommandations relatives à la maîtrise des infections lors des soins réalisés en médecine dentaire (Conseil Supérieur de la Santé, 2011)
Germany
- Infection prevention in dentistry – requirements for hygiene (Robert Koch-Institut, 2006)
Infektionsprävention in der Zahnheilkunde – Anfor derungen an die Hygiene. Mitteilung der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention beim Robert Koch-Institut - Hygiene guideline (Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Hygiene in der Zahnmedizin – DAHZ, 2017)
Hygieneleitfaden - Recommendation from the Commission on Hospital Hygiene and Infection Protection at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) on the "Hygiene requirements for the reprocessing of medical devices"
Greece
- Infection control protocols in dentistry (School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2017)
Greek: Μέτρα πρόληψης διασποράς λοιμώξεων
English: Infection control protocols in dentistry
Hungary
- Recommendations of the National Centre for Epidemiology for the prevention of infections related to dental care - Draft (Országos Epidemiológiai Központ)
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Ireland
Norway
- Guidelines for infection protection at dental schools in Norway (Universitetet i Bergen / Universitetet i Oslo / UiT Norges arktiske universitet Tromsø, 2015)
Retningslinjer for smittevern ved de odontologiske læresteder i Norge
Poland
- How to safely and hygienically provide services in a dental clinic – A guide for dental clinics (Wojewódzka Stacja Sanitarno-Epidemiologiczna w Krakowie, 2015)
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COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU/EEA
Switzerland
- Hygiene measures in dental clinics (Schweizerische Zahnärzte-Gesellschaft / Société suisse des médecins-dentistes / Società svizzera odontoiatri - SSO, 2019)
French: Mesures d’hygiène en cabinet dentaire
German: Praxishygiene
United Kingdom
- Health Technical Memorandum 01-05: Decontamination in primary care dental practices (Department of Health, 2013)
- Dental audit tool (Infection Prevention Society, 2013)
- Decontamination Into Practice (NHS Education for Scotland - Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme, reviewed and extant January 2016)
- Welsh Health Technical Memorandum 01-05 Decontamination in primary care dental practices and community dental services. Revision 1 (NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership – Facilities Services, February 2014)