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Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH

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Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH, brings over 20 years of experience to her numerous roles in dentistry. A graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Health Science and the University of Bridgeport with a Master's in Dental Hygiene Education, she focuses her career on expanding the knowledge of her colleagues in all aspects of health care. Her passion for dentistry and its connection to overall health extends to her community and global efforts. Michelle was the co-founder of the longest-running podcast for dental hygienists, A Tale of Two Hygienists. Currently, she is the co-founder of Level Up Infection Prevention, key-opinion leader, writer, content creator, practicing dental hygienist, and Client Success Manager for TeleDent by MouthWatch.

Proper Packaging of Instruments: 7 Daily Errors to Avoid

Proper packaging of instruments in an autoclave is a critical task and one that needs to be done right in order to avoid common daily errors that can easily occur without careful consideration when handling packages.
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Harnessing the Power of Workflows in Your Dental Practice Steri-Center

Due to the inherent potential for contamination and subsequent infection control breaches, it is imperative to establish a well-structured workflow and implement clear labeling within the steri-center
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Proper loading of autoclaves: the dos and don'ts

Not all autoclaves are made equal, and if you haven't gotten to know yours, you could be misusing it and putting your patients at risk. However, you can apply some general rules to most autoclaves to set them up for sanitization success!
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Connectivity Is Why I Love the Modern Autoclave

Running a subpar autoclave puts your dental practice at a higher risk of spreading infections, cross-infection, and contamination. One of the key factors to achieving proper infection control in dental practices is having the most effective equipment. This includes an autoclave that meets international standards and all the regulatory requirements.
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How In-office Biological Monitoring Can Save you from Infection Control Breaches

Regularly monitoring the sterilizer in a dental office is integral to infection control. Biological monitoring is the gold standard for assessing and assuring proper sterilization of dental instruments.
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Why You Should Consider Having a Backup Manual Autoclave

Why You Should Consider Having a Backup Manual Autoclave

Many patients visiting your office is great for business but can result in an increased risk of infection if you are overloading your autoclave. Having an additional autoclave as a backup will help your clinical team to avoid overloading the primary autoclave and avoiding issues and frustrations.
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Use of Chemical Indicators in Sterilization Monitoring

Most dental offices understand that instrument reprocessing is an area that can have frequent infection control breaches. This post analyzes how to use the different kinds of chemical indicators for that purpose.
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