The Dental Practice Heroes Podcast With Dr. Paul Etchison

In this episode,  Dr. Etch discusses the practical things you can be doing now to get ahead of everyone else so that when it is time to open, you are ready! Visible barriers – It is time to order more barriers. Make your infection control visible to your patients.   PPE - Being ordering things like gowns, masks if you can, and face shields.  hexacontainment.com is somewhere you can order face shields from.  Make sure that you ask for the rigid shields, not the vinyl. Aerosols – Order things that can attach to the high vac suction to catch aerosols. Things like the Ivory Releaf, Dry Shield, Isolight, etc.  Order the kona adapters from amazon to save money. Air quality – Order some in room air purifiers. Medify air on amazon look good for in each op. They are around $120 each.   You can also order some UV lights that go into your HVAC system throughout the office.  Honeywell makes a UV light for HVAC that you can buy from amazon.  Last, order these medical grade air purifiers from surgically clean air. Surgic