Which dental infection control camp are you in: pouches or cassettes?
In this week's installment of Just a Minute, Doc, Dr. Tom Giacobbi lists why both sides love their sterilization method.
Video transcript
"You know, if you're lucky enough to be at an OSHA conference or some kind of meeting on sterilization, I mean, pinch me, you're going to talk at lunch about pouches or cassettes. This is an ongoing discussion, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter which team you're on, just that you're on a team.
"The pouch camp likes the fact that pouches are inexpensive and relatively easy to use. All of the instruments from that setup go into the appropriately sized pouch and away they go to sterilization, whereas a cassette has the advantage of not only protecting the instruments, but also organizing them in a way that makes it easier to see that things are set up. So when things make their full circle through sterilization and it's time to set a room up, the pouch people have to open the pouch and organize the room. The cassette people simply take off the lid and they're ready to go.
"So, it's up to you and your workflow, which works best in your practice. You just need to pick one, because sterilization is not optional.
"Now, let's get back to work."
