Hot Topics in Infection Control – and Some Cool Tips!

Update and review the most important dental safety concerns and get some cool tips for these hot topics! Optimize the most effective strategies to manage today’s safety challenges, including bloodborne, droplet, contact & airborne diseases, and apply laws, guidelines, and practices to prevent and control infection.

Learning Objectives:

• Prioritize safety strategies that are the most effective.
• Update standards for bloodborne, contact, droplet and airborne diseases.
• Manage special challenges such as biofilms and related health concerns.
• Review basic infection prevention science.

Ms. Dewhirst graduated from the University of Southern California, practiced dental hygiene for 20 years, is adjunct dental hygiene faculty at West Coast University, is a member of Sigma Phi Alpha. She is Editor in Chief of OSAP’s ICIP newsletter and has numerous articles published. She is consistently listed as one of the nation’s “Leaders in CE,” and presents over 100 seminars a year at major U.S. and Canadian Dental Conferences.