{"id":186,"date":"2020-06-15T13:43:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T12:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.dental-focus.co.uk\/edinburghendodontist\/blog\/?p=186"},"modified":"2022-04-12T09:24:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T08:24:02","slug":"what-is-new-at-edinburgh-endodontist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edinburghendodontist.com\/blog\/what-is-new-at-edinburgh-endodontist\/","title":{"rendered":"What is new at Edinburgh Endodontist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud of the fact that many of our existing aspirational procedures for infection control and prevention, decontamination, sterilization and cleaning have been recognised as gold standard.<\/p>\n<p>These include but are not limited to adequate ventilation and air extraction of the surgeries, correct use of PPE, decontamination and sterilization of equipment, decontamination of the surgeries, universal use of rubber dam, universal use of high volume aspiration, field decontamination during treatment to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the above, we have introduced:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"viewer-39tcf\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 iWv3d _1FoOD _3M0Fe aujbK iWv3d public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Online consultations, risk assessment and screening to limit unnecessary travelling to the practice<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hook=\"rcv-block7\">\u00a0<span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Appointment staggering to adhere to social distancing regulations<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hook=\"rcv-block8\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Limited use of waiting room to adhere to social distancing regulations<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hook=\"rcv-block9\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">New patient journey for the safety of our patients and team (Please check our new patient journey protocol)<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hook=\"rcv-block10\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Use of screens at the reception<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hook=\"rcv-block11\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">The provision of multiple hand sanitation stations at the practice <\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hook=\"rcv-block12\">\u00a0<span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">New PPE protocol for our patients (Masks, fluid resistant patient gown, shoe and head covers)<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hook=\"rcv-block13\">\u00a0<span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Additional PPE protocol for the clinical team during endodontic treatments (respirator mask, gown and fluid resistant cover, shield, head cover and shoe cover) <\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hook=\"rcv-block14\">\u00a0<span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Additional UV disinfection of the clinical area <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-7g06n\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 iWv3d _1FoOD _3M0Fe aujbK iWv3d public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Stay healthy and safe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-bt19o\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 iWv3d _1FoOD _3M0Fe aujbK iWv3d public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Thank you for your understanding and support, <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-4e1td\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 iWv3d _1FoOD _3M0Fe aujbK iWv3d public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Best wishes<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-9bdi2\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 iWv3d _1FoOD _3M0Fe aujbK iWv3d public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Edinburgh Endodontist Team <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud of the fact that many of our existing aspirational procedures for infection control and prevention, decontamination, sterilization and cleaning have been recognised as gold standard. 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