Patient Safety

Thank you for choosing Newington Dental Care. As we are currently dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, we have implemented changes and additional precautions in place following the guidelines of the Australian Dental Association. The following information is provided to help prepare for your appointment.

Prior to your appointment please:

• Fill in the New Patient form and Privacy policy attached, return via email as we aim to limit contact.
• It is essential that if you or any family members are showing any cold or flu symptoms, please call 9748 8300 to reschedule your appointment.

On the day of the appointment:

1. Wearing a protective face mask is required upon entry to the building and our surgery. Once in our treatment rooms the masks can be removed and then worn upon completion of treatment.
2. Entry to the practice is restricted to patients and one parent/guardian only. Our waiting area has a limit of 4 people at any one time.
3. Please use our bathrooms (located on the right side of the NDC practice door on level 1) to thoroughly wash your hands prior to entering our practice or use the hand sanitiser located on our reception desk.
4. Your temperature will be recorded. Appointments will be rescheduled via phone call if the reading is higher than 37.5 degrees Celsius.
5. A pre-treatment antiseptic mouthrinse will be provided for you to rinse for 1 minute before treatment, and separate cup provided to spit into. The spittoon (rinsing bowl) will no longer be used.
6. Patients are encouraged to bring their own sunglasses/protective eyewear to wear at appointments.
7. For payment, please use your card to tap under the reception shield.
8. We are limiting the patients we see per day and appointments are now spread to allow spaces between appointments.

Your safety is our number one priority.

Our staff are trained to provide high level of cross infection control to strict specification. All instruments are run through a thermal disinfector, a hospital grade instrument washer. This is then loaded into an autoclave (a high pressure steam steriliser) prior to their use. Where this is not possible, the instruments used are disposed as a single use item.The water that flows through our dental chairs and the practice is filtered by high grade microbial filters.

Our staff are also trained in advanced life support and attend yearly workshops on the management of medical emergencies and CPR. We are fully equipped with AEDs, emergency medications, and airway support adjuncts.