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Ernest A. Lado, Jr.

Ernest A. Lado, Jr.

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Oral Diagnostic Division
Sterilization Monitoring
Associate Professor

Phone:352-273-6857
E-mail:(office) elado@dental.ufl.edu(home) elado@ufl.edu

  • D.D.S., Georgetown School of Dentistry, 1967

Main Interests

Biological monitoring of table top sterilizer / infection control / hard surface disinfectants.

Over the past 10 years I have:

  • developed and proven a method of evaluating the performance of hard surface disinfectants when used against specific microorganisms. The procedure mimics real life conditions as opposed to laboratory protocols.
  • shown the need for using two test strips when monitoring the performance of table top heat sterilizers.

Information about the UF sterilizer monitoring service may be found at Dr. Lado's lab Page.

I have also contributed to numerous Home study CE courses:

  • Osha Compliance
  • Instrument recirculation
  • Alternative medicine
  • Toothaches
  • Over the counter medications
  • Tooth bleaching
  • Local anesthetics
  • Dentistry and street drugs

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