Royally important tasks

It’s not every day that you get a card from the Queen’s representative. Earlier this month Aura Infection Control’s managing director, Laura Edgar, opened the post to find a handwritten card from Sue Snowden, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for County Durham, thanking them for the service and support Aura Infection Control has provided during the Covid-19 crisis.

Rather than furlough the workforce, Laura, and her team of expert decontamination advisors have been manning the phones remotely to advise dental practices on the appropriate measures to take when locking down. They helped dental teams close their surgeries safely to minimise start-up decontamination issues and they have been busy helping the emergency dental hubs while most surgeries remained closed. Now they are busier than ever, helping practices prepare to reopen and be as safe as possible for patients and staff.

Aura, which is the main sponsor of the Infection Prevention & Control Team awards now taking place in 2021, has been working closely with the NHS. Laura explains, “It was so nice to be recognised in this way. I am immensely proud of our team. Everyone has been playing their part, not just our expert decontamination advisers but our talented purchasing team, who have been sourcing PPE and decontamination products from across the globe. And hats off to our warehouse staff who have been working flat-out to ship orders to the frontline.”