論文

査読有り 最終著者 責任著者 国際誌
2020年6月

Evaluation of the simulator with automatic irrigation control system designed for countermeasures of internal contamination in dental unit water lines.

Heliyon
  • Keisuke Okubo
  • Takashi Ito
  • Kentaro Okamoto
  • Ichiro Yamamoto
  • Hajime Mizutani
  • Yusuke Kawata
  • Yasuyoshi Shiota
  • Masahiro Ito
  • Shin Nakamura
  • Masako Tai
  • Tadashi Yamamoto
  • Shogo Takashiba
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開始ページ
e04132
終了ページ
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04132

The prevention of nosocomial infections is an imperative task. The dental chair unit (DCU) is an indispensable device used in dental treatment. However, it is known that the dental unit water line (DUWL) can become contaminated with biofilm, consisting mainly of heterotrophic bacteria (HB). Recently, the International Organization for Standardization specified the methods for testing DUWL contamination management. On these grounds, a simulator reproducing DUWL was prepared to standardize the examination method of the DUWL contamination. Objectives: To evaluate the reproducibility of the DUWL simulator, monitor the DUWL contamination states, and test the efficacy of a commercial decontaminant for DUWL. Methods: The DUWL simulator was assembled by a DCU manufacturing company. The simulator's DUWL was filled with tap water (TW), and left for approximately one year. Neutral electrolyzed water (NEW) was used as a decontaminant for DUWL. Both TW and NEW were passed through DUWL in a timely manner simulating daily dental treatment. Water was sampled from the air turbine hand piece weekly for 4 weeks and used for HB culture. Contamination status was evaluated by measuring bacterial adenosine triphosphate release and by culturing on Reasoner's 2A medium. Results: The DUWL released contaminated water had a bacterial count of over 6 × 104 cfu/mL. After passing NEW through DUWL for 1 week, the count drastically decreased to its basal level and remained steady for 4 weeks. However, TW showed no effect on DUWL decontamination throughout the examination periods. Conclusions: The DUWL simulator could be useful to examine the efficacy of the decontaminant for DUWL and development of new methods in DUWL contamination management.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04132
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32566782
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7298401
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04132
  • PubMed ID : 32566782
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC7298401

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