Updated 29 October 2015
This inspection was planned to check whether the practice was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.
We carried out a review of this service on 5 October 2015. This review was carried out to check that improvements to meet legal requirements planned by the practice after our comprehensive inspection on 1 September 2015 had been made.
We reviewed the practice against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service
safe? This is because the service was not previously meeting one of the legal requirements.
At the previous, comprehensive inspection on 1 September 2015 we found that the practice was not safe because the infection prevention and control procedures were not sufficiently robust. The work surfaces in the treatment room were cluttered and we found dental cement on the inside of cupboard door handles and traces of dental cement on instruments after sterilisation.
The dentist did not use a rubber dam when providing endodontic treatment. Alternative safety measures and the rationale for not using a rubber dam was not recorded in the patients dental care records.
The review on 5 October 2015 was led by a CQC inspector who had access to remote advice from a specialist advisor.
During our review, we checked that the provider’s action plan had been implemented. We reviewed a range of documents including photographs of the treatment room that showed all surfaces were clutter free and records to show the rationale for not using a rubber dam for endodontic treatments.
- Is it safe?
This question therefore formed the framework for the area we looked at during the inspection.