Package Description

The assurance of sterility is important to ensure patient safety. However, compliance challenges exist for dental practices. In this webinar, we will discuss the full array of sterilization validation solutions and guidelines for testing to help you achieve compliance. This webinar will discuss OSHA standards, AAMI/ANSI recommendations, and CDC infection control guidelines focusing on sterilization validation solutions including biological indicators (BI), chemical indicators, and testing methods. The types and recommended frequency of the use of BI will be discussed. The pros and cons of both in-office and mail-in biological monitoring will be discussed. A review of microbiology, disease transmission, infection control principles, and the latest sterilization validation technology is covered. This webinar offers timely education as well as helpful suggestions and resources to empower participants to assess their level of compliance and make any necessary updates to their own office policies, procedures, and technology.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the chain of infection and correct common pitfalls with compliance related to sterilization, including biological and chemical indicators.
2. Discuss sterilization validation solutions and guidelines for testing.
3. Discuss current CDC Guidance and regulatory requirements from AAMI/ANSI and OSHA related to sterilization validation and testing to prevent compliance errors.

Price:

• Members & Non-Members: Free

Continuing Education

OSAP is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.

ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

Please email the OSAP office at office@osap.org or call +1 (410) 571-0003 if you wish to be in contact with the course author/creator(s) with any questions or for clarification of course concepts or for technical assistance in completing the online test.

All participants assume individual responsibility for providing evidence of contact hours of continuing education to the appropriate authorities and for the maintenance of their individual records.

Learn more about OSAP’s CE Program & Provider Recognition.

CE Credits: 1
Educational Method: Lecture, Recorded, Self-instructional (self-study)
Location: Online
Publication Date: August 2023
Expiration Date: August 31, 2026

Speaker:

Kandis V. Garland, RDH, MS, CDIPC

Ms. Garland is an educator, author, and speaker. Her career spans 22 years as a dental hygienist and educator where she currently serves as Clinic Lead Instructor, and QA/Infection Control Officer at the Oregon Institute of Technology. Ms. Garland’s research focuses on infection control and dental hygiene competency and has been published in the Journal of Dental Hygiene, the Journal of Dental Education, Dimensions of Dental Hygiene, Mentor Magazine, Decisions in Dentistry, and Access Magazine. Garland is an active member of the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention and Dimensions of Dental Hygiene’s Peer Review Panel. She received the OSAP Emerging Leader Award in 2017. She is a member of the Crosstex Luminary Council, provides infection control consulting services, and serves as an educational consultant for Tuttnauer. In February 2023, Kandis was recognized by Dimensions of Dental Hygiene as “One of the Six Dental Hygienists You Want to Know.”

Disclosures: No relevant financial relationships to disclose

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