A new ecommerce service has been launched that bridges the gap between infection control and dental unit water systems (DUWS) for dental practices. DUWS can have problems with both bacteria growing in the water they use, as well as limescale preventing optimum performance.

Most suppliers of infection control products and services focus on eliminating the organic material (eg bacteria or legionella in extreme cases) found in dental practices, without necessarily looking at wider factors. By contrast, suppliers of DUWS, notably water purification equipment, focus on issues that arise from inorganic material that can affect water purity in DUWS (eg carbonates) and don't always appreciate how water purity and infection control need to work together to ensure HTM 01-05 compliance:

'Hard-water contamination (aka limescale) of wet instruments, which then go on to sterilization, can compromise the proper function of a small steam sterilizer...' HTM 01-05 sec 3.31

CleanCert specialise in providing simple infection control systems to remove any organic matter and infection control issues as well as those involving inorganic material and water purity. This co-ordinated approach helps with 'Best Practice' recommendations in HTM 01-05 and ensures your bacterial load on hard surfaces (TVC) and water quality levels (TDS) are reduced quickly, safely and cost-effectively.

www.cleancert.co.uk