Annual OSHA Training & Infection Control - Safety In the Shadow of a Pandemic
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Be sure to attend this webinar will not be recorded. 

Date: November 5, 2020
Time: 6pm-9:15pm PST
Course Fee:
$49 for HDS/OCDS Members
$79 Other Components
$99 for Non-ADA Members 

CEU: 3 core
CE Provider: Harbor Dental Society
Method: electronically mediated live lecture 
Audience: general dentists and auxiliary for licensure renewal
CE Speaker: Nancy Dewhirst, RDH, BS

Program description: This course makes sense of the many safety recommendations for dentistry considering the
COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. 
Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions will be explained in the context of CDC & ADA Guidelines and OSHA & Dental Board regulations. 
Options and strategies are presented with extensive question & answer time to address your concerns. 

Outcomes - Upon completion, the participant shall be able to:
.       Recognize and manage bloodborne, contact, droplet and airborne diseases
.       Identify best practices for providing dental care while considering COVID-19
.       Make sense of evolving recommendations as applied to changing infection risk

Program contents:
-Science of SARS-CoV-2: risks, symptoms, pathogenesis, transmission Safety strategies
-Standard vs. Transmission-based precautions Hierarchy of safety efforts: most to least effective practices Quarantine, isolation, separation Screening patients Building & clinic aerosol control 
-Hand hygiene
-Environmental asepsis
-Respiratory hygiene & cough etiquette
-PPE criteria, use and limitations
-Reflection on improving dental safety preparedness
-Resources: CDC, WHO, CDA, ADA, OSAP, AGD, FDA, OSHA

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