Dental CE Course: Dental Infection Control - Dental Board of California Approved

When you finish this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the impact of healthcare-associated infections in the dental setting.
• Explain the responsibility of dental healthcare professionals to adhere to scientifically accepted principles and practices of infection control.
• Define the concept of the chain of infection and present strategies for prevention and control of pathogens.
• Summarize accepted prevention strategies to prevent dental patient and dental healthcare worker contact with potentially infectious material.
• Demonstrate the proper use of infection control principles and practices for cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization in all dental healthcare settings.
• Outline the use of engineering and work practice controls to reduce the opportunity for dental patient and dental healthcare worker exposure to potentially infectious material in all dental healthcare settings.
• Identify the principles and practices designed to identify, manage, and prevent infectious and communicable diseases, including bloodborne pathogens, in dental healthcare workers.