The experience of dental practices that use automatic washer disinfectors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the collective sociotechnical experiences of the staff in dental practices with automatic washer disinfectors (AWDs) may help shape future strategies that encourage the transition towards best practice in dental instrument decontamination and reprocessing.

Objectives

To find the emerging themes that reflect the experience of working with an AWD in dental practice. To compare the experience of practice owners to that of the dental nurses.

Methods

A qualitative semi-structured interview-based methodology was applied using a convenience sample of dentists and dental nurses. Verbatim transcripts of audio recordings underwent thematic analysis.

Results

Dental practice owners and dental nurses were interviewed. Four themes were common to both

SUBMITTER: Stankiewicz N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6346326 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature