Safety and quality guidelines for dental health

Learn about Australian and Tasmanian safety and quality guidelines for dental health including infection prevention and control.

Hand Hygiene

Doing hand hygiene means cleaning your hands using soap and water or a gel hand rub.

It is important to do hand hygiene:

• When you enter and leave a medical or dental
• After going to the toilet
• After blowing your nose
• After smoking
• After handling/patting animals
• Before, during and after preparing food
• When your hands look or feel dirty.

Good hand hygiene is important in preventing the spread of infections.

All clinical dental staff complete education each year about hand hygiene.

Staff are checked to make sure they are doing hand hygiene in the clinics.

We achieve excellent results for hand hygiene compliance. Our Hand Hygiene Steps Audit results from September 2021 had a success rate of 98.5%.

Feeling Unwell?

On the day of your appointment if you have a:

• Fever or rash
• Stomach upset
• Cold sore

Please let us know and we can make a new appointment for when you are feeling better.