Infection Control Essentials for Dental Professionals: Navigating OSHA and CDC Updates
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This live webinar will primarily focus on a practical discussion of the most recent dental infection control recommendations. Included will be updates on occupational blood-borne, airborne, and waterborne pathogens as frameworks for the presentation. Discussion sections include hand hygiene, sharps safety, recommended vaccinations for dental health professionals, personal protective equipment (PPE), instrument and handpiece reprocessing, environmental surface disinfection, single-use disposables, and dental water treatment.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Alabama Board of Dental Examiners
Dental Hygienist
Dentist
Special Teaching Permit
Teaching Permit
Florida Board of Dentistry
Dental Hygienist
Dental Temporary Certificate
Dentist
Health Access Dentist
Georgia Board of Dentistry
Dental Hygienist
Dentist
Volunteer Dentist
Louisiana Board of Dentistry
Dental Hygienist
Dentist
Michigan Board of Dentistry
Dental Assistant
Dental Hygienist
Dental Therapist
Dentist
New Hampshire Board of Dental Examiners
Dental Hygienist
Dentist
Ohio State Dental Board
Dental Hygienist
Dentist
Volunteer Certificate
Oklahoma Board of Dentistry
Dental Assistant
Dental Hygienist
Dentist
Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Assistant
South Carolina Board of Dentistry
Dental Hygienist
Dental Instructor
General Dentist
Hygienist Instructor
Volunteer Dentists
Volunteer Hygienists
Tennessee Board of Dentistry
Dental Assistant
Dental Hygienist
Dentist
Virginia Board of Dentistry
Dental Hygienist
Dentist
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Course Objectives
At the completion of this course the participants should be able to:
- Describe application of standard precautions as the foundation of infection prevention.
- Discuss impact of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 infection on dental infection precautions.
- Describe the challenges representative blood-borne, airborne and waterborne infections present to healthcare workers and the population
- Comprehend recommended transmission-based precautions associated with controlling aerosols and airborne pathogens.
- Understand the most recent updates for CDC and OSHA infection control recommendations and regulations.
- Understand the rationale and practices of effective, hand hygiene procedures.
- Discuss current vaccination recommendations for dental and medical healthcare professionals.
- Describe the dangers of misperceptions against recommended vaccines
- Describe recent technology advances and protocols for instrument processing and sterilization.
- Understand how to effectively monitor reprocessing and sterilization procedures.
- Discuss the importance of environmental surface cleaning and disinfection.
- Describe factors which can lead to dental unit waterline (DUWL) contamination.
- Comprehend practical strategies which can minimize DUWL contamination.
“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.”