Michelle Strange

Mar 8, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Amanda Hill |Joy Void-Holmes |Michelle Strange |Kirsten Brancheau

We recently hired a new dental assistant who is questioning how we sterilize instruments. We had a team meeting about it, and no one agreed on how we should do it. We can’t even agree on whether our pouches should go in the autoclave paper up or paper down. Please clarify what is right. Oh, the great debate—paper up or paper down?

Feb 1, 2024 | aegisdentalnetwork.com | Michelle Strange

Inside Dental Hygiene (IDH): You recently published an infection control guidebook. What are the most important parts of it? Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH: There are so many important areas of infection control, but sterilization stands out as a key task to monitor and ensure that you are preventing breaches. There is so much equipment that needs to be properly sterilized: ultrasonic instrumentation, autoclaves, and the like.