The world has always been teeming with germs and viruses, and the medical field does everything it can to stay safe and clean. Unfortunately, the pandemic revealed a lot of faults in previous systems. Here are the best practices for cleaning a dental office so that you can protect everyone who comes into your office from any potentially harmful pathogens.
Thoroughly Sanitize Surfaces
Medical offices have always been reasonably thorough when cleaning equipment and supplies or changing into new masks and gloves with every patient, but this is not enough. Every surface in an office can be teeming with harmful pathogens that can lead to infections, and regular cleaners can often miss out on eliminating everything. This is why regular sanitization using heavy-duty products is the way to go, and you need to do it everywhere. This includes door handles, drawers, countertops, and the chairs in the waiting room.
Make Hand Sanitizer Readily Available
Washing hands should be an established practice for everyone in your office, but sanitization stations also need to be available. Guests cough and sneeze, which can potentially spread dangerous pathogens in your office. Masks have helped to navigate this issue, but those masks need to come off at some point so that you can operate. By placing sanitization stations throughout your office, staff and patients will be able to clean up and stop the spread of these bacteria and viruses.
Thoroughly Sterilize Equipment
One of the best ways to keep your dental office clean is to keep your equipment clean. In a dental office, tools constantly come in and out of people’s mouths and deal with buildups of food and bacteria. They are regularly cleaned and sterilized between patients, but it cannot be overstated how essential this step is for you to maintain a clean office. If any piece of equipment fails to go through the correct process, a health violation will occur, and your office will be liable for any issues.
These are only the best practices for cleaning a dental office, but there are many more ways to keep the facility as clean as possible. It can be difficult to do at times, as it is hard to account for what every patient brings in, but you can protect your employees and your office by following these practices.
Christina Duron is a writer living in the Chicagoland area. Her passion for writing and health helps create thought-provoking and engaging pieces and hopes to use them to empower readers to play a more active role in their personal healthcare journey.
