Re: Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Student Dental Clinic

Thank you Mark Bornfeld ! Thank you Steven Bornfeld !

Good question! Would you have any other ideas regarding that point or
related ideas?

At the Student Dental Clinic of Tufts University School of Dental
Medicine the instructing dentists move from one patient to another
patient and back and forth again not washing between patients.

> Mark & Steven Bornfeld
> don warner saklad wrote:
>
> > a.
> > What are the infection rates, what are the statistics, where are the
> > reports available for the Student Dental Clinic at Tufts University
> > School of Dental Medicine
> > http://www.tufts.edu/dental/patient/index.html
> >
> > ?
> >
> > b.
> > What are the infection rates, what are the statistics, where are the
> > reports available for your favorite Dental Schools clinics?...
>
>
> Except for the exceptional cases like Kimberly Bergalis/David Acer, the
> occasional transmission of Hep B, and the pretty much theoretical
> transmission of legionella in contaminated water lines, what kind of
> infections are we talking about here?
> The problem is that on an out-patient basis, statistics on
> cross-infection are very hard to gather--where they are gathered at all.
> How do you suppose this could be done in a dental setting?
>
> Steve
> >
> > stoptheinfections.org advocates that information be made available
> > http://stophospitalinfections.org
> >
> > Health / Science
> > The Boston Globe
> >
> > WHITE COAT NOTES
> > Are health workers' hands clean? Go ahead and ask
> >
> > http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2005/11/07/are_health_workers_hands_clean_go_ahead_and_ask/
> >
> > November 7, 2005
> > Doctors and nurses who fail to wash their hands at
> > Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center may hear about it from
> > their patients.
> >
> > The hospital is adopting an unusual method to improve hand
> > washing and cut down on dangerous infections among its
> > patients.
> >
> > Starting today, nurses will review the importance of hand
> > washing with all patients when they're admitted and tell them
> > they should question their health-care workers about whether
> > they've washed their hands before touching them.
> >
> > Staff will wear buttons declaring ''Go Ahead and Ask."
> >
> >
> > Beth Israel Deaconess executives said other hospitals that
> > involve patients have increased hand washing by 35 to 60
> > percent.
> >
> > Executives at the Harvard Medical School teaching hospital
> > will send empty soap and disinfectant containers to an
> > outside firm that will analyze how much soap is used during
> > specific time periods to determine if the program has
> > increased hand washing.
> >
> > The hospital warns health-care workers to prepare themselves
> > for questions.
> >
> > If a patient catches them with soiled hands, a hospital
> > power-point presentation recommends a non-defensive response:
> > ''Thank you for reminding me; I will do that now."
> > http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2005/11/07/are_health_workers_hands_clean_go_ahead_and_ask/
> >
>
>
> --
> Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
> http://www.dentaltwins.com
> Brooklyn, NY
> 718-258-5001

.