Is Your Steri-Center up to SciCan SPEC ™ ? An often overlooked part of many dental offices is the sterilization area, which is the heart of every practice. If instruments can’t efficiently flow into and out of the sterilization area, the rest of the practice will suffer. We have created the “SciCan’s Steri-Center SPECs” educational campaign, as well as trained Regional Infection Control Trainers nation-wide, to help offices design steri- centers that meet “SciCan’s Steri-Center SPECs”; meaning that the steri-center will improve Safety, ensure Predictable results, maximize Efficiency, and maintain Compliance. Following SciCan’s Steri-Center SPECs will help you get the most out of your sterilization area and the equipment you put in it.
Safe Dental instruments should be processed in the safest and most efficient way possible to reduce the risk of staff injury and the costs associated with exposure incidents. It is not only important to prevent exposures from sharps, but also from biologically contaminated fluids and aerosols generated by open-lid ultrasonic cleaning and cold sterile solutions. Systems should also be in place to ensure that instruments are safe for use on patients by preventing contamination of instruments after they are processed.
Predictable To avoid delays and interruptions in your clinical workflow, you need to be able to count on having clean, sterile, and dry instruments every time you need them. You also want to be confident that contaminated instruments can flow through the reprocessing steps in your sterilization area quickly and consistently every time. Automation, redundancy, and reliability are the 3 keys to ensuring that this happens.
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