How to implement contemporary Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines and Standards

Practice teams want confidence that their Infection Prevention and Control processes are compliant and best practice to enhance public safety. This can be achieved by understanding the correct procedures and processes and learning how to implement these at the practice. This course is designed to address and clarify the key infection prevention and control areas that apply to a dental practice and discuss how and what to do to ensure compliance and confidence. The program will focus on practical implementation of Infection Prevention and Control strategies and is suitable for all members of the dental team.

This course aims to build participants confidence with their Infection Prevention and Control processes by highlighting straightforward strategies to reduce risk, ensure best practice and improve efficiency.

Topics include

• Documentation, Knowledge, and Policy
• Implementing contemporary Hand Hygiene initiatives
• Confidence when selecting Personal Protective Equipment
• Keeping surgical draping procedures and aseptic technique simple
• Management of clinical waste
• Setting up the sterilisation room for efficiency and success
• Cleaning the practice environment
• Treatment room management and set up
• Clarity with testing of sterilisers and ultrasonics
• Managing the lab
• What to do when reprocessing handpieces and ultrasonic scalers
• Confidence with managing endodontic files
• What needs tracking, what doesn’t and how to do it

Learning Objectives

• Gain confidence with what key documents must be available and how to use them
• Understand what contemporary hand hygiene principles involve and how to apply them in a dental practice
• Apply efficient strategies to reprocess instruments
• Setting up the treatment room for infection control success
• Identify what specific testing of equipment and indicators are required
• Implement an effective practice cleaning schedul