ROTARY DENTAL INSTRUMENTS AND THE POTENTIAL RISK OF TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION - HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS

Authors
EPSTEIN JB REA G SIBAU L SHERLOCK CH
Citation
Jb. Epstein et al., ROTARY DENTAL INSTRUMENTS AND THE POTENTIAL RISK OF TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION - HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 124(12), 1993, pp. 55-59
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
124
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
55 - 59
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1993)124:12<55:RDIATP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A laboratory model of herpes simplex virus infection was used to asses s the potential contamination of dental handpieces. When contaminated instruments were treated with surface disinfection and internal chemic al disinfection, viable virus was eliminated in all instruments.