Subject:  Infection Control |  Audience: All Attendees   |  CE Credits: 3 hours Lecture

Course Description:

Dental professionals face various challenges in preventing exposure to pathogens, which includes complying with regulations, training the team, ensuring cleanliness and sterilization, managing costs, and implementing effective communication and documentation processes. These tasks play a vital role in maintaining a safe environment for patients and staff.

Noncompliance with dental infection control protocols is not an option and can have severe repercussions, such as infections to patients or team members, legal and financial penalties, and harm to reputation resulting in loss of revenue and patients.

In this course, we will review OSHA and CDC protocols and key strategies for applying infection control effectively.

Learning Objectives:

• Define infection prevention principles and recommendations for dental health care settings
• Recognize how to prevent transmission of infectious agents through standard precautions
• Employ standard operating procedures to remain in compliance with regulations
• Formulate a successful infection control plan

About the Speaker:

Health Award-winning author and enthusiastic speaker, Amanda Hill, BSDH, RDH, CDIPC is committed to providing education that is accurate, accessible, and fun! From coast to coast, her speaking programs attract and delight audiences with her infectious enthusiasm and compelling content. In addition to her monthly column for Dentistry IQ, Amanda is frequently a contributor to industry publications such as RDH Magazine, Inside Dental Hygiene, Infection Control Today, Dentistry Today, and Dr. Bicuspid (where she received recognition for the most read article of 2020).A self-proclaimed Waterline Warrior, Amanda is passionate about infection control. She is the recipient of ADS’s Emerging Infection Control Leader Award (2022). She is a member of the advisory boards for RDH magazine, Dentistry IQ, and ADS’s Infection Control in Practice Editorial Review Board. She is an educator for the nation’s largest dental job board, DentalPost.net. Growing up in and then marrying into the military, Amanda has experienced life and dentistry allover the world. She is a lifelong learner that is passionate about staying abreast of the latest clinical developments within the industry.

Financial Relationship – Consultant: ProEdge, Perio Protect, PDT, Parkell, Zirc; Honorarium: Midmark, vVardis, Air Techniques, WaterPik