Saturday, September 16, 2017

Infected with HIV at the dentist - chances are great

 Infected with HIV at the dentist - chances are great  Many of us are aware of how dangerous unprotected sex, so use condoms. But far greater danger lies in wait for us there, where we least expect it m.

Recently, scientists have calculated that through unprotected sex with an HIV-infected partner is the probability of transmission (with different kinds of sex and circumstances) of 0, 3% and 3% maximum. After all, for the virus is transmitted, needed wounds on the body of one of the partner, and the body of another. The probability of formation of wounds in office   dentist   many times higher, as this doctor simply picks up any sharp tool and starts poking around in our gums.

It is easy to assume some time ago, this tool has been in the mouth of another person, and on the tip of certain traces of his blood. Who can say what infections it contains? That's why dentists are obliged to carry out strict disinfection of all its instruments between patients receiving. And that is why it is unfortunate that many do not.

Even in relatively prosperous Britain every ninth Dentist Inspected recently sanitation department, proved the offender to strict aseptic technique. He did not provide proper sanitation tools, which means that puts patients at risk of HIV infection, hepatitis and many other infections and viruses transmitted by blood.

In order to prevent the transmission of diseases spread through blood, experts recommend careful handling tools for dental surgery. It must be cleaned off in one liquid in another rinsed, checked for saving the smallest fragments under a microscope, and treated in an ultrasonic bath or sterilized by autoclaving. The tool is then stored for up to three weeks in special sterile packages. Some equipment in general can not be cleaned for re-use, so that it must be disposed of immediately after the first application.



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