Breaking the Chain: Mastering Infection Basics (2CEu)
Ensuring infection control compliance can be challenging for many practices.
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.
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
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