CHE Feng-lian,CHEN Liang-wen,ZHAO Wan,et al.Application of depressurized boiling cleaning combined with low-temperature vacuum drying technology in reprocessing of dental handpieces[J].JOURNAL OF REGIONAL ANATOMY AND OPERATIVE SURGERY,2026,35(07):638-641.
CHE Feng-lian,CHEN Liang-wen,ZHAO Wan,et al.Application of depressurized boiling cleaning combined with low-temperature vacuum drying technology in reprocessing of dental handpieces[J].JOURNAL OF REGIONAL ANATOMY AND OPERATIVE SURGERY,2026,35(07):638-641.DOI: 10.11659/jjssx.07E025081.
Application of depressurized boiling cleaning combined with low-temperature vacuum drying technology in reprocessing of dental handpieces
To compare the effects of combined application of different cleaning and drying technologies for dental handpieces, determine the optimal reprocessing scheme , and ensure the quality of instrument reprocessingt and clinical safety.
Methods
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A total of 800 dental handpieces used in our hospital in March 2024 were selected and equally divided into four groups with 200 pieces per group: spray cleaning and disinfection combined with compressed air gun drying group (spray+air gun group), spray cleaning and disinfection combined with low-temperature vacuum drying group (spray+vacuum group), depressurized boiling cleaning and disinfection combined with compressed air gun drying group (boiling+air gun group), depressurized boiling cleaning and disinfection combined with low-temperature vacuum drying group (boiling+vacuum group). The four groups were compared in terms of cleaning effect, drying effect, incidence of oily wet packs after sterilization, and staff´s operational satisfaction with the four processing scheme.
Results
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The qualified rates of visual inspection and quantitative detection of protein residues of dental handpieces in the boiling+air gun group and boiling+vacuum group were higher than those in the spray+air gun group and spray+vacuum group (
P
<
0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the drying qualified rates of dental handpieces after cleaning and disinfection among the four groups (
P
>
0.05). The qualified rates of supplementary mechanical drying of dental handpieces after cleaning and disinfection in the spray+vacuum group and boilin
g+vacuum group were significantly higher than those in the spray+air gun group and boiling+air gun group (
P
<
0.05). The incidences of oily wet packs after sterilization in the spray+vacuum group and boiling+vacuum group were significantly lower than those in the spray+air gun group and boiling+air gun group (
P
<
0.05). The boiling+vacuum group obtained the highest staff´s operational satisfaction (
P
<
0.01).
Conclusion
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Adopting depressurized boiling cleaning and disinfection combined with low-temperature vacuum drying technology for dental handpieces can effectively guarantee cleaning and sterilization qualities, enable the goal of efficient reprocessing of reusable medical devices in central sterile supply department, and achieve the high staff´s operational satisfaction with the processing protocol.
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