Efficacy of BRS® and Alpron®/Bilpron® Disinfectants for Dental Unit Waterlines: A Six-Year Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Dental Units
2.2. BRS® and Alpron®/Bilpron® Disinfectants
2.3. Sampling
2.4. Microbiological Control
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Results | Interpretation | Clinical Implication |
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Culturable aerobic flora at 36 °C ≤ 10 CFU/mL and Culturable aerobic flora at 22 °C ≤ 100 CFU/mL and Absence of pathogens (L. pneumophila, P. aeruginosa, etc.) | Target level Compliant | Continued use |
Culturable aerobic flora at 36 °C > 10 and ≤ 100 CFU/mL or Culturable aerobic flora at 22 °C > 100 and ≤ 300 CFU/mL and Absence of pathogens (L. pneumophila, P. aeruginosa, etc.) | Alert level Compliant | Continued use with monitoring and/or preventive actions |
Culturable aerobic flora at 36 °C > 100 CFU/mL or Culturable aerobic flora at 22 °C > 300 CFU/mL or Presence of pathogens (L. pneumophila, P. aeruginosa, etc.) | Action level Noncompliant | Prohibition of use, corrective actions, then new microbial analysis to control the return to the target level before reuse. |
Microbiological Analysis | Mean | SD | Min | Median | Q3 | D9 | Max |
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Total culturable aerobic bacteria at 36 °C (N = 628) | 0.8 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 140 |
Total culturable aerobic bacteria at 22 °C (N = 628) | 0.7 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 |
Legionella sp. (n = 626) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (N = 628) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total coliforms (n = 614) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Baudet, A.; Lizon, J.; Martrette, J.-M.; Camelot, F.; Florentin, A.; Clément, C. Efficacy of BRS® and Alpron®/Bilpron® Disinfectants for Dental Unit Waterlines: A Six-Year Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 2634. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082634
Baudet A, Lizon J, Martrette J-M, Camelot F, Florentin A, Clément C. Efficacy of BRS® and Alpron®/Bilpron® Disinfectants for Dental Unit Waterlines: A Six-Year Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(8):2634. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082634
Chicago/Turabian StyleBaudet, Alexandre, Julie Lizon, Jean-Marc Martrette, Frédéric Camelot, Arnaud Florentin, and Céline Clément. 2020. "Efficacy of BRS® and Alpron®/Bilpron® Disinfectants for Dental Unit Waterlines: A Six-Year Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 8: 2634. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082634