Guidelines to be followed in the Clinics& Lab
CLEANLINESS IS OF PRIME IMPORTANCE FOR SELF PROTECTION AND PROTECTION
OF PATIENTS FROM CROSS INFECTION.
Patient Management
• Use clean and sterile drapes for the patients.
• Behave politely with the patients
Personal Hygiene
• Nails should be cut and kept clean; hair combed or put up in the case of females.
• The apron should be clean and neatly ironed.
• All the male students should be neatly shaved and in good attire.
• Gloves and masks to be used while attending patients.
• Use separate clean clinical footwear inside the clinics.
Care of Equipment & Instruments
• Cleanliness of the equipment and instruments should be maintained. Don’t touch the chair, console (Instrument Tray), Lights and switches with gloved hands.
• Dental chair and units to be used carefully. Any defect in the chair or equipment to be informed to the patient in charge on duty.
Academic
• All the clinical records should be completed.
• The student should obtain prior permission, if they have to be absent from classes or clinics.
• Only College closed holidays will be holidays for clinical students.
• Lab should be kept clean.
DONT’S
• Don’t contaminate the chair and unit.
• Don’t scratch your hair or body after wearing gloves.
• Don’t enter the sterilization area wearing used gloves.
• Don’t mix up the instruments while sterilizing, with others.
• Behave politely with teaching and non-teaching staff.
N.B – STRICT MONITORING WILL BE DONE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.