Insights from CHL

The Benefits of 1-minute Disinfectant Contact Time

The Benefits of 1-minute Disinfectant Contact Time

The coronavirus epidemic is leading dental practices to focus more on disinfection than ever before. Government guidelines around sanitisation procedures, best practice and risk management are updated frequently in line with rapidly emerging data around the way the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is transmitted.
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Fallow time rationale and reducing it with risk assessments

Fallow time rationale and reducing it with risk assessments

As you are all aware, Public Health England (PHE) have cascaded down to NHS practice via the office of the Chief Dental Officer (OCDO) that fallow time is one hour.  Fallow time begins when the aerosol generating procedure (AGP) has finished, not when the patient leaves.
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3 crucial features of an effective antimicrobial mouthwash

3 crucial features of an effective antimicrobial mouthwash

Recent articles like ‘Can mouthwashes douse the spread of Covid 19?’ published in MedScape on June 12 and Dr Challacombe’s June ’20 paper presented  at the Royal Society of Medicine both suggest an oxidising mouthwash can reduce microbial load, which in turn could possibly halt the spread of Covid 19.
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The benefits of non-toxic messaging in your dental practice

The benefits of non-toxic messaging in your dental practice

Dentists in the UK were given the green light to re-open on June 8, following a recent government announcement, allbeit on a much restricted service. All across the country, practices are frantically working to implement safety protocols in the wake of the post-lockdown phase of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Can you refill disinfectant spray bottles and avoid microbial resistance?

Can you refill disinfectant spray bottles and avoid microbial resistance?

As dental practices in the UK try to work out the best time to reopen in their specific circumstances, there’s a sharper focus on the role disinfectants will play in more stringent clinical infection control procedures:  regular and continuous supply of those infection control products will play a major role’s in those decisions to reopen.
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Coronavirus facts explained in a video by Dr Peter Lin

Coronavirus facts explained in a video by Dr Peter Lin

On January 30, 2020, the WHO (World Health Organisation) broadcast international concern about the existence of a novel (new) coronavirus. Since then, over 290,000 people have died across the world from the coronavirus secondary infection, known as COVID-19.
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Press Release- Benefits of OraWize+

Press Release- Benefits of OraWize+

CleanCert Ltd, a Wiltshire-based SME, which develops innovative dental products, is highlighting the oxidising properties of its mouthwash, OraWize+, to assist front-line dental teams in minimising airborne infection risk during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
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