Protein detection by fluorescence of manually cleaned high-speed dental handpieces.
Fábio B SouzaCamila Quartim de Moraes BrunaRosa A B MesianoRegina M B CicarelliDavid PerrettKazuko U GrazianoPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)
We analyzed the effectiveness of manual cleaning protocols performed on high-speed dental handpieces, using protein identification by fluorescence. Although one protocol was able to able to lower the amount of protein, >40% of the handpieces showed amounts of residual protein at unacceptable levels.