dental nurse revision Flashcards
what is the equality act 2015?
legally protects people from discrimination
what do the general dental council (GDC) do?
Ensure that patients are safe and the publics view of dental professionals is kept. they set standard’s for dental professionals to follow, register dental professionals and provide the public with information about dental professionals.
what is the care quality commission (CQC)?
they inspect and rate services and act where needed.
what is GDC principle 1?
put patients interests first
what is GDC principle 2?
communicate effectively with patients
what is GDC principle 3?
obtain valid consent
what is GDC principle 4?
maintain and protect patients information
what is GDC principle 5?
have a clear and effective complaints procedure
what is GDC principle 6?
work with colleagues in a way that is in the patients best interest.
what is GDC principle 7?
maintain, develop and work within your professional knowledge and skills
what is GDC principle 8?
raising concerns if patients are at risk
what is GDC principle 9?
make sure your personal behaviour maintains patients confidence in you and the dental profession
what are the 5 steps of risk assessment
- identify
- decide who can be harmed and how it may harm them
- decide how big the risk is and how it can be controlled
- record findings
- review once a year
what does the health and safety executive do?
they prevent workplace death, injury and ill health by providing guidance and raising awareness and act where needed.
what is the office of the chief dental officer?
head of the dental profession providing leadership
what is HTM07-01?
management and disposal of healthcare waste
what is HTM01-05
decontamination
what is HTM 03-01?
heating and ventilation
what is RIDDOR?
reporting of injuries, diseases, dangerous occurrences
Order of Applying PPE
- Apron
- Mask
3.eye protection
4.gloves
Order of removing PPE
- Gloves
- Apron
- mask
- Eye protection
National colour coding system for cleaning
Yellow- clinical
Blue- general
Green- kitchen
Red- toilets
What to do if there is a Mercury spillage?
- Grab spillage kit
- Apply PPE
- Increase ventilation
- Use scoop to scoop as much as possible together
- Pick up as much as possible with syringe
- Mix sulphur and calcium hydroxide together and spread on spillage
- Work into spillage with brush for 2-3 mins
- Brush contents into scoop and dispose of
- If fabric surface place alloy wool on spillage for 20 seconds until visible mercury is removed
