TY - JOUR A1 - Krishnan, Sindhuja A1 - Pandian, Saravana T1 - Dental office design and waste care management in infection control Y1 - 2016/1/1 JF - International Journal of Pedodontic Rehabilitation JO - Int J Pedod Rehabil SP - 37 EP - 41 VL - 1 IS - 1 UR - https://www.ijpedor.org/article.asp?issn=2468-8932;year=2016;volume=1;issue=1;spage=37;epage=41;aulast=Krishnan N2 - Infection control is the most vital and fundamental aspect of health-care practice pertaining to the faculties of medicine, surgery, or dentistry. The nature of dental procedures involves occupational exposure to blood and saliva that might carry these microorganisms. Dental health-care professionals and dental patients are, therefore, at a high risk for developing infectious diseases. This article emphasizes the importance of infection control in a dental office. It describes the protocol to be followed in a dental clinic setup. Steps in health care waste management have also been discussed. It is extremely important for a dentist to follow a protocol to facilitate cross-infection control in the office and to prevent cross-contamination between the patients, dentists, assistants, and ancillary staff. Personal protection, decontamination/sterilization of instruments and materials, and formulation of an infection control policy have been discussed. ER -