O’Connor, HughArmstrong, Nick2014-05-012014-05-012014O'Connor H, Armstrong N. An evaluation of washer-disinfectors (WD) and dishwashers (DW) effectiveness in terms of processing dental instruments. J Ir Dent Ass 2014 60(2):84-89http://hdl.handle.net/10147/316361There is a clear preference in the dental literature for the use of washer-disinfectors over ultrasonic cleaners and hand washing (Dental Council 2005, HSE Code of Practice, HTM 01-05).2,3 There has also been discussion in the BDJ concerning the effectiveness of washer-disinfectors (Kilcoyne 2009).4enDENTAL HEALTH CAREINFECTION CONTROLArticleJournal of the Irish Dental Association