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by Orange Restoration San Diego

Certain illnesses are able to pass from person to person very easily, and in some cases, the spread of infections can happen very easily. Whilst the spread of infection is a cause for concern in wider society, it is an even more important consideration for those in hospitals. In hospital buildings, there are a lot of people living together in close quarters, some of whom are already sick. The presence of infections, coupled with a population whose immune system is already compromised, means that infection control is a very important concern for hospital staff. For some patients, even minor infections can become a matter of life or death, so it is important that every precaution possible should be taken.

Isolation

In some cases, patients with infections may need to be isolated, so that the infection cannot be spread to other patients in the hospital. For diseases which are known to spread very easily, isolation may be the best option, as it can help to prevent other patients from accidentally coming into contact with an infected person. Special precautions should also be taken to ensure that healthcare professionals do not spread the infection from the isolation zone to other hospital areas.

Sterilization and Disinfection

Disinfection and sterilization are used to kill disease causing microorganisms. Disinfection usually requires the use of liquid chemicals which kill organisms, whilst sterilization can be done with chemicals, steam or dry heat. Whilst disinfection kills a large number of disease causing microorganisms, it does not kill bacterial endospores. Sterilization aims to kill almost all microorganisms, although no known method is guaranteed to be 100% effective. These methods aim to prevent the spread of infection from patient to patient, for example sterilization of equipment in a hospital helps to prevent a patient from getting an infection from previous patients who used that equipment.

Hand washing

Hand washing is one of the most basic methods of infection control, but it is also one which is essential. Doctors realized as early as 1847 that hand washing by doctors in between patients was essential to stop the spread of disease. Previously, doctors either did not wash their hands between patients, or only washed their hands for their own comfort. Hand washing is now a mandatory part of infection control in most hospitals in the developed world.

Personal protective Equipment (PPE)

PPE is worn by most health care professionals to help to reduce the risk of them becoming infected. Healthcare professionals should take every step possible to ensure that they are safe when they are doing their job. As well as providing peace of mind for healthcare workers, this equipment helps to keep workers fit and healthy, so that they will be healthy enough to continue working to the best of their abilities. Many PPE items, such as gloves and surgical aprons are disposable, so as to prevent infections from being spread from one patient to another. These items are then disposed of safely as medical waste, along with other items such as swabs and syringes.

More about infection control at http://orange-restoration.com/additional-services/san-diego-infection-control/

by Brighton Dental San Diego

A real effort has been made in a San Diego experiment to ensure that emergency response times from both the fire and rescue services, and medical services, can be lowered in an attempt to save more lives. Several areas within the San Diego region were highlighted as needing to improve, and these areas have seen great changes in the times that they have had to wait for people to arrive and administer life-saving care.

For example, the response times in the southeast San Diego area of Encanto has been drastically lowered by a very small change in the way that the fire and rescue crew operates. They have reduced their teams to only two people, and have been responding to medical emergencies in a re-built pick up truck that is able to go much faster in the area. The change in time that it has taken for people to arrive – from the time that they are called to the actual moment that they arrive – has been reduced from up to nine minutes to an incredible three minutes, or even only ninety seconds.

The change of program was initially designed to only last for six months, but city officials in the San Diego area have now revealed that they may enlarge the remit of the project to other neighborhoods as the project has been so successful, such as Liberty Station, Linda Vista, Black Mountain Ranch, and University City. Chief Webber has stated that: “The community is really noticing how fast they’re getting there. It’s definitely having an impact. Any time you put extra people and extra equipment anywhere in the city, it’s going to have a positive impact.”

The Mayor, Kevin Faulconer, really pushed for the project to happen, and made sure that $600,000 of his own budget could be invested in the life-changing service.

For more community related articles around San Diego, visit http://sandiegocosmeticdentists.org

by besttoothpaste.net

The customs department of Hong Kong is investigating the safety of triclosan in Colgate’s Total Toothpaste.

The investigation comes in the wake of a report released August 11, 2014 in Bloomberg News.  The report examined the results of studies that have linked the chemical to the growth of cancer cells and shows that it inhibited development in animals.  Parts of the application filed with the FDA and approved in 1997.  These, along with recent research into triclosan, raise concerns over whether the product’s approval should hold.

Hong Kong’s Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance regulates certain consumer products, including toothpaste, and requires that they comply with general safety requirements. 

In a response to the report, Colgate-Palmolive’s Hong Kong office said: “The Aug. 11 report “unfairly questions the U.S. FDA’s safety review of Colgate Total, Colgate Total users can be fully confident in the safety of our toothpaste.”

In a statement issued by Hong Kong customs, the agency said they intend to “seek professional advice from the Department of Health,” as part of their investigation.  The statement continues, “Under the Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance, it is an offense to supply, manufacture or import into Hong Kong consumer goods unless the goods comply with the general safety requirements.”

Some companies have stopped using triclosan in their products, but Colgate stands by its use of the chemical.  Colgate cites the meticulous process that products must go through in order to receive FDA approval.  Colgate asserts more than 80 clinical studies have been conducted on more than 19,000 people to prove the product safe.

“In the nearly 18 years that Colgate Total has been on the market in the U.S., there has been no signal of a safety issue from adverse-event reports,” said Thomas DiPiazza, a company spokesman.

The study was previously reported in the South China Morning Post.  China’s Department of Health indicated that it had not received any reports of adverse reactions as a result of the use of products containing triclosan.

The FDA likewise replied to inquiry from the Bloomberg News by saying that any concerns the agency had have been put to rest by a cancer study published in January 1997.  The study “supports the FDA’s conclusion that does not pose a cancer risk for humans,” DiPiazza said.

Those worried about the contents of their store bought toothpaste should consider that the best toothpaste might be made at home.

If you have metal fillings, your dental work could very well be toxic. A group of patients, dentists, scientists and others filed a lawsuit in July 2014 against the U.S. FDA claiming that this agency has not be forward-thinking enough in dealing with metal filling material than contains hazardous mercury. The substance had been shown to be toxic in many ways and has been banned in some nations. Now, not only mercury free dentists are asking.. ‘why is it still allowed in fillings in the United States’?

The lawsuit further alleges that the nation’s most vulnerable citizens are getting more mercury fillings than anyone else. This include low-income families, prisoners and military members who must depend on the imperfect government healthcare system and other low-cost clinics.

Sure, amalgam is durable and has been in common usage for 150 years. But today, there are tooth-colored choices that look better and work just as well or better. But using amalgam is an economic issue. It’s cheaper, and some insurance companies insist that it be used instead of composite.

Even the American Dental Association is against removing old metal fillings. Their reasoning is that each time a filling is replaced there is loss of healthy tooth material, and that should be limited. There is also a risk of additional mercury exposure during removal if the process isn’t handled professionally.

The FDA continues to say that metal fillings with mercury are safe — despite that fact that many countries have banned dental amalgam. The substance is still used in many places, however, and it’s still common in the United States as well.

But think of it this way: if you can avoid a health risk, why wouldn’t you? Do you really want a mercury-containing substance that’s the subject of a lawsuit and that’s already been banned in many places in your mouth? If you have the slightest misgivings, you should have your old metal fillings removed by a proper Biological Dentist, and avoid getting any more mercury installed in your mouth.

San Diego residents looking to remove their mercury fillings should visit Dr. Vinograd’s site here.

Reference: http://www.icc.org/details/16257547.html

by Holistic Dentist, Dr. Vinograd

Can you imagine being diagnosed with a crippling and degenerative disease like MS only to later find that your toxic mercury fillings were responsible for your debilitating symptoms? That’s exactly what happened to one Scottish woman.

Maria Indermuhle discovered that toxic dental fillings containing mercury and other harmful metals were poisoning her and causing symptoms that doctors mistook for MS. The dental fillings were installed just weeks before her wedding and move from Scotland to Switzerland three years ago — and it took months for her to realize that doctors were wrong and that she was suffering from mercury poisoning.

A few months after getting married, Indermuhle started to feel unusual sensations in her legs. About 18 months later, she was unable to walk, lost feeling in her hands, suffered loss of vision, had speech slurring and heart palpitations.

After extensive examination, doctors diagnosed her with multiple sclerosis. But she wasn’t entirely satisfied with the diagnosis of a degenerative disease for which there is no cure and few viable and effective treatments.

She did some research on her own.

Indermuhle learned that the symptoms she was experiencing were also the symptoms to expect in cases of mercury poisoning. A doctor in Switzerland tested her for metals and found them in abundance in her system.

The woman, of course, immediately had the fillings removed and started on a dramatic detox program. She made a full recovery.

She now claims the Scottish national health care program, which put in the fillings, should be liable for her problems. But the Scottish government still claims dental amalgam containing silver, tin, copper and mercury is completely safe.

But a now-32-year-old woman in Switzerland lost three years of her life because of mercury amalgam in her mouth. Does that sound safe to you? Despite governmental claims, it makes sense to avoid having something put in your body that can cause a reaction like the one she had.

San Diego residents interested in removing mercury amalgam fillings should visit www.drvinograd.com

Dentox is one of the leading continuing education providers in the industry with the necessary experience as well as professionals necessary to offer such skills you require. Any time you disclose to your clients and employees that you received training from Dentox, your are letting them know that you receive training from the best of the best. In reality, Dentox lead instructor as well as course director Dr Howard Katz, DDS, is a well known innovator in Botox certification, whose name was on the Botulinum toxin patient applications (see 2014- ONLINE BOTOX TRAINING FOR PHYSICIANS, NURSES, DENTISTS & OTHER QUALIFIED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS).

Dr Katz is also a medical innovator as well as a general practicing dentist. Apart from his work with Botox, Dysport and also Xeoman, he also has his name on the patent application for gel dermal filler formulations and also Oraverse, which is an anesthetic reversal product. He has also led the research into using sugar alcohols such as xylitol and sorbitol In dentistry close to forty years ago and is responsible for the introduction of Botox along with gel filler injections into dental workspace over a ten years ago. As the leader of the Dentox live patient coaching program, Dr Katz continues to develop, updating as well as adding values to courses every time in other to maintain  their leading and cutting-edge position.

Dentox provides revolutionary as well as forward looking gel filler and Botox certification courses provided by a proven scientific mind and also he is a respected dentist, clinician and specialist named on the intellectual property registrations for a different type of cosmetic products.

The location of the medical and dental course training organization is situated in California and act according to the Dental practice Act of all state in which it practice its training. We make sure to differentiate our practice from all others in the industry by making sure we don’t recommend treatments and materials that is proven to be ineffective or that can destroy or damage the reputation of ours or yours as well.

Dentox is a PACE provider certified by the Academy of General Dentistry. AGD accept the training company’s formal continuing education courses for the credit towards fellowship, mastership as well as membership maintenance. This certification does not mean any acceptance by a state or other board of dentistry or endorsement by AGD. The recent certification by AGD runs from February 1, 2014 till January 31, 2016.

Reference: http://dentox.com/botox-edu-news/botox-injection-training/