Dental Groups React Quickly

Potential AIDS Risk Seen in Medical, Dental Devices

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 11th, 1995

A chemical disinfectant used on some medical and dental devices can fail to kill HIV, posing a potential risk of infecting patients, a University of Georgia, Athens (UGA), study suggests.

Dental organizations were quick to dispute the findings.

Researchers found that in the laboratory, the disinfectant did not kill HIV in blood lodged in lubricants commonly used in dental equipment and in medical devices called endoscopes, which are inserted into the body to allow an interior view.

None of the devices has ever been shown to be the cause of HIV transmission from patient to patient, said researcher David Lewis, a microbiologist at...

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