Dirty Little Secrets: Infection Control in the Dental Office

AGD Code: 148

Course Code: S7 

Suggested Audience: D, H, C

3 Hour Lecture – Technical and Scientific

Infection control in the dental office is everyone’s responsibility, from the front desk to the back office. Learn what you can do to help protect the dental team and patients. Let’s clean up the “dirty little secrets” around the dental office. This lecture presentation covers essential infection-control topics for dental settings. 

Educational Objectives:

• CDC recommendations for infection control in dentistry

• The importance of preventing infection

• How organisms are transmitted

• The chain of infection

• Preventive practices to reduce blood exposure

• Standard precautions

• Hand hygiene indications