Safety & Infection Control Flashcards

Which personal protective equipment (PPE) is required when performing ultrasonic cleaning of implant instruments?

Answer: Gloves, mask, eye protection, and utility gloves

Ultrasonic cleaning generates aerosols and splatter, requiring gloves, mask, eye protection, and heavy-duty utility gloves.

How should titanium implant fixtures be handled to maintain sterility prior to placement?

Answer: Kept in original sterile packaging until moment of use

Titanium implants must remain in their original sealed sterile packaging and should only be opened immediately prior to placement.

What is the correct sequence for donning (putting on) surgical PPE?

Answer: Mask → eye protection → gown → gloves

The CDC-recommended sequence is mask/respirator first, then eye protection, gown, then gloves last to ensure the hands remain clean.

Which solution is recommended for pre-surgical patient oral rinse to reduce intraoral microbial load before implant surgery?

Answer: 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate

0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate rinse is the evidence-based standard for pre-surgical oral antisepsis before implant procedures.

An implant surgical kit has failed the biological indicator test after autoclaving. What is the correct action?

Answer: Quarantine all items from that load and recall any already used

A positive biological indicator requires quarantine of the entire load and recall of any instruments already used on patients.

Which hepatitis virus poses the greatest occupational infection risk from a needlestick injury in the dental implant setting?

Answer: Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has the highest transmission efficiency after needlestick exposure, up to 30% without vaccination.

What is the primary purpose of using a rubber dam or surgical drape during implant surgery?

Answer: To isolate the surgical field and reduce contamination

Surgical drapes isolate the sterile operative field from the non-sterile environment and reduce contamination risk.