AmDA's Best Management Practices for Amalgam Waste

The American Dental Association (AmDA) recently updated their best practice guidelines (7 pages) on handling amalgam wastes. These guidelines offer suggested measures, especially recycling, to help protect the environment and protect operator health and safety.

To review these guidelines, click here.

Note: A sharp eyed member has pointed out that these guidelines do not comment on storage of amalgam waste under used fixer. Refer to the ADAVB Systematic Operating Procedures (SOP) 2005, Chapter 5, page 14, for local best practice. The online version of the SOP can be referenced on the Branch website under Member Services/Infection Control.