Friday, Sep 18, 2020

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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Bio: Ms. Dewhirst graduated from the University of Southern California, practiced dental hygiene for 20 years and is adjunct dental hygiene faculty at West Coast University. Ms. Dewhirst is consistently listed as one of the nation's "Leaders in CE", presents over 80 seminars a year, is featured at major U.S.
and Canadian Dental Conferences, and is a member of the California Dental Association Speakers Bureau. She has had many articles published in dental peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to dental textbooks.

Refund Policy: No refunds for no shows. Written cancellation must be received 2 days prior to the webinar date for a refund.