Infection and hazard control procedures

As a dental hygienist, it is my responsibility to make sure that after each appointment providing treatment to my patients is to dispose hazardous materials such as needles, bloody gauze, and used carpals of local anesthetic in their appropriate area of dispense in that none of the material would be exposed in the open should an incident occur in the operatory. My instruments would be placed in a ultrasonic shaker to remove blood and other remnants of calculus so that my instruments can be used again on my other patients after they are sterilized in the autoclave. After my patients leave the operatory, it is my duty to spray and wipe down the patient's chair and my control panels in preparation for my next appointment. Along with spraying and wiping down my operatory, I would also flush the water lines in my operatory to make sure there is no build up of microbes sitting in the water lines.