I am proud to announce my partnership with Tutum Health - the key infrastructure partner of the NHS Deep Cleaning and Advisory Service.
They are delivering a service to support dentists for the updated mandatory NHS standards - National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021.
They can deliver your bespoke compliancy requirements that will be subject to CQC inspections from April 2022.
For a small monthly cost, they will deliver all your compliance needs to meet these standards as well as some attractive products and benefits.
Tutum Health have put together 3 fantastic options to suit your practice requirements, If you quote DECONPETE you'll enjoy an additional 10% disount. CLICK HERE to view the plans
Important Update 20/10/2022
We have just recieved the following message from the NHS estates and facilities team;
"I can confirm that the standards in relation to Primary Care dental are best practice currently and not mandatory other than in secondary dental. We will be releasing further guidance and running pilots early next year and will work through compliance timescales with the BDA."
Therefore the deadline appears to have been removed and this is now no longer mandatory. However, this is not to say that it won't be happening and that it is still best practice. As a IPC practioner and educator all of our advice is based on best practice to ensure you are working to the highest standards.
The OCDO has issued an official bulletin outlining the implementation and expected requirements for primary care dental. This can be read HERE:
The National Standards of Cleanliness 2021
The National Standards of Cleanliness was pulished in April 2021 and has been brought in to standardise the appraoch to cleanliness and safety across all NHS sites in England. The Standard has 5 mandatory elements that need to be met by April 2022 and will form part of any CQC inspection.
The 5 elements are:
1: Cleaning Specification
2: Committment to Cleanliness Charter
3: Technical Audit
4: External Assurance Audit
5: Annual Efficacy Audit
I have tried to amend the templates to reflect Dentistry although there will be some adjustment required to suit your individual practice requirments.
This is only mandatory for NHS dental practices within England
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Please note that the Templates provided in this pack have been adapted for Dentistry from the original NHSE supporting documents.
National Standards of Cleanliness 2021
50 minutes CPD
NSC 2021.Module 2.2022
Course Details:
What are the National Standards of Cleanliness 2021 and what do I need to do inorder to comply? What are the dates that I need to know about? What standards are required by me and who will be monitoring them? This presentation will aim to outline all of these questions and more.
You will be presented with a short presentation followed by an assessment.
Once you have completed the questions you will recieve your printable certificate to place in your CPD folder.
Please ensure that the video is watched completely before Proceeding to Module 1
