HIV from Dental Anesthesia?

Question

I have a question to dentists and dental assistants regarding dental anesthesia. What are the precautions or safety measures used to ensure that the dental tool used to inject anesthesia is not accidentally used twice on different patients without sterilizing. I am asking coz I am afraid that the dentist might forget to sterilize the tool and end up using it on me after being used on a patient before me and thus putting me at risk for HIV

Answer 1

SLAP,

A NEEDLE USED IN GIVING A PATIENT ANESTHETIC IS ONLY USED ONCE FOR THAT ONE PATIENT THEN THROWN AWAY NEVER TO BE USED AGAIN. THERE IS ZERO CHANCE THAT THIS NEEDLE WILL EVER BE USED AGAIN ON ANYONE.
AS FAR AS THE SYRINGE WHICH HOLDS THE NEEDLE, THIS WOULD BE AUTOCLAVED AFTER EVERY PATIENT. OR THROWN AWAY IF IT'S PLASTIC. WHEN A TOOL IS AUTOCLAVED ALL BACTERIA AND VIRUSES ARE KILLED SO AGAIN THE CHANCE IS ZERO OF CROSS-CONTAMINATION.
SINCE THE NEEDLES HAVE A ONE-TIME STERILE SEAL THEY CANNOT BE REUSED. THE SYRINGES ARE ALWAYS WRAPPED IN SLEEVES THAT SHOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN STERILIZED. IN DENTAL OFFICES STERILITY IS NOT A CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

Answer 2

why do you think of you acquire hiv from a needle? the syringe is loaded w a clean needle each and every affected person and w new anesthetics, and the syringe itself is likewise sterilized under warmth or chemical after each and every use!!!! the gadget that cleans each and every of the instruments are examined on a weekly foundation. so they might actually close the power down with in a week if it replace into no longer killing each and every thing. the states have some severe an infection controls policies. additionally any workplace you will the assitants ought to get persevering with training hours and are exceedingly cutting-edge on all of those issues.

Answer 3

The actual instrument that is used to inject the anaesthetic fluid is the niddle which we use it in one patient and then throw it away( sorry for my english). so dont be afffraid