Infection Control Update

All clinical personnel in the dental setting are at risk for exposure to disease agents and other environmental hazards. With attention to infection control guidelines by CDC, risks to yourself, your patients, and other dental team members can be minimized. In this update, the scientific background behind infection control and safety regulations will be emphasized.

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3 CE Hours

Subject Code:

148 - Infection Control

When

Apr 2nd, 2024
06:00PM-09:00PM Eastern Time
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Presented by Marie Fluent
D.D.S.

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PACE Academy of General Dentistry Program Approval for Continuing Education

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Course Description

Infection Control

All clinical personnel in the dental setting are at risk for exposure to disease agents and other environmental hazards. With attention to infection control CDC Guidelines and OSHA Standards, risks to yourself, your patients, and other dental team members can be minimized. In this update, the scientific background behind infection control and safety regulations will be emphasized. Participants will be able to recognize strategies to break the chain of infection and prevent exposure to blood-borne pathogens and other infectious materials such as COVID-19 in the dental setting.

“The educational teaching methodology used in this course is live, interactive lecture presented via Zoom webinar with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation. Both the live webinar and the PowerPoint presentation incorporate a variety of audio and visual cues to enhance audience members’ understanding and retention of key concepts. In addition, question and answer periods are provided for at the conclusion of each section of the live webinar.”

Course Objectives

At the completion of this course the participants should be able to:

  1. Describe the most recent CDC Guidelines and OHSA Standards for the dental setting
  2. List precautions necessary to prevent cross-contamination in the dental setting
  3. Explain the importance of a written office-specific infection control program
  4. Describe the rationale and protocol for effective hand hygiene for oral healthcare personnel
  5. Review the selection of personal protective equipment to be worn for patient care and instrument processing
  6. Describe policies and protocols for instrument processing and sterilization monitoring
  7. Discuss selection and use of disinfectants for environmental surfaces
  8. Discuss mitigation strategies for COVID-19 in the dental setting
  9. Describe strategies to minimize contamination of dental unit waterlines
  10. Identify resources and educational materials to support your infection control program

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Reinforced Importance of Clean Water

This webinar reinforced knowing how important it is for the health of my patients to have a clean water line.

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Interesting

Dr. Marie Fluent not only knew her material, but she made it interesting. You could tell it was very important to her and she expressed in a way that made it important to me.

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Reinforced Infection Control Procedures

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I Would Highly Recommend This Speaker

"She was clear, concise, covered everything thoroughly, and followed the handout which was really helpful if I needed to go back and review something. I would highly recommend this speaker and would take another class from her."

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Responded Quickly to Questions

"The speaker stayed engaged and responded quickly to questions."

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Moved Things Along

"Dr Fluent moved things along. Appreciate that after a long day at work!"

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Concise

"Concise useful information that I can use to craft protocols."

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Topics

"Covered topics I usually don't see in similar presentations!"

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Easy to Understand!

"The host made the information interesting and easy to understand!"

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Engaging

"Very engaging instructor. Made it as fun as possible"

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Stellar!

"Oh my !!! So many things that were great - the interactive portion was stellar - the detail and the coverage of a common topic with all of the typically uncovered issue was so appreciated - I really appreciated the detail on TB - the detail on instrument packaging and sterilization testing and manufacturers guidelines."

- Beverly H. RDH

Superior

I've been attending courses for over 25 years and this was superior.

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Refreshing to Hear A Strong Advocate

Dr. Fluent was an excellent presenter. It is so refreshing to hear a strong advocate for employee and patient safety, just like we were trained in a military dental practice setting.

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Organized and Informative

Dr. Fluent was very organized and informative during her presentation. Great charts. Great job!

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Loved the Concise Review

Loved the concise review—Always good, no matter how long we have been in practice

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Excellent Presenter

Dr. Fluent was an excellent presenter. It is so refreshing to hear a strong advocate for employee and patient safety, just like we were trained in a military dental practice setting.

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Organized

"Dr. Fluent was very organized and informative during her presentation. Great charts. Great job!"

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