Infection hygiene - guidelines

The Department of Odontology adheres to the National Infection Hygiene Guidelines for Dental Clinics. The guidelines are established by the Central Unit for Infection Hygiene/Statens Serum Institut.

The following supplementary guidelines must be followed at the Department of Odontology:

• Ad. 13.2: Hand washing is ALWAYS performed at the start of the day
• Ad. 13.3: Clinical supervisors who monitor students' work on patients as well as staff who assist at multiple treatments at the same time are not required to change mask/mouth cover after each patient

Specific procedures:

• Accidents - procedure and registration (pdf file)
• Disinfection of technical works (pdf file)
• Radiographic exposure (pdf file)

Microorganisms/infectious diseases

By suspicion or occurrence of specific microorganisms/infectious diseases, these guidelines are to be followed:

• MRSA positive patients and staff (pdf file)
• Tuberculosis (pdf file)
• Ebola virus (pdf file)

Contact

Associate Professor Tove Larsen
tla@sund.ku.dk