Maintaining Your Dental Waterlines with A-dec
What can we do during the month to keep our waterlines in top shape and keep the bacteria counts below the required CDC amount? Lucky for us in our busy dental day, maintenance is very easy and can be applied to our ops with 1 easy step- a tablet!
Tabs contain a low- level antibacterial to help keep your waterlines clean. A few helpful tips with the tabs:
Always add your tablet to a full water bottle of fresh water. This will keep the balance between water and antibacterial at an optimal level. If your bottle is half full in the morning and you want to top it off to last you the day, empty out the existing water, refill, and add a tablet.
Give the tablet 2 minutes to dissolve before using the water. Giving time will allow the antibacterial to move throughout the entire bottle, and keep a great balance in your waterlines. When you’re replacing your water, do it 1st thing in the morning to give it time to dissolve before your patient is in your chair.
Drop the tablet into your bottle without touching the tablet. To prevent cross contamination from your hand to your bottle and keep the bacteria counts down, gently open the packaging and drop the tablet in while your hand is only handling the paper.
To see how to maintain in action, see our latest video:
We are so excited for you on this waterline journey with us, with a huge step being maintenance! A big thank you to A-dec for supporting us at Hygiene Edge and allowing us to shine a light on such an important and often forgotten about topic.
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