Package Description

This session will delve into the intricate landscape of dental infection prevention and safety regulations, standards, guidelines, recommendations, and best practices. In an ever-evolving field, understanding the distinctions is crucial for dental healthcare personnel striving to provide optimal patient care while remaining compliant. This session aims to unravel the complexities surrounding these terms, providing clarity into what they are, who makes them, and defining their differences.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Identify the organizations that create and oversee regulations, standards, guidelines, recommendations, and best practices.
2. Describe the definitions and purposes of regulations, standards, guidelines, recommendations, and best practices.
3. List specific dental infection prevention and safety regulations, standards, guidelines, recommendations, and best practices.

Price:

• Members: $15
• Non-members: $30

Continuing Education

ADS 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 ADS office at [email protected] 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 ADS’s CE Program & Provider Recognition.

CE Credits: 1.5
Educational Method: Lecture, Recorded, Self-instructional (self-study)
Location: Online
Publication Date: June 2024
Expiration Date: June 30, 2027

Speakers:

Fiona Collins, BDS, MBA, MA

Dr. Fiona Collins has given presentations throughout North America, as well as in the UK, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. She has educated dental professionals and students through interactive live presentations, webinars, written CE courses, white papers, and has also provided training sessions for the dental industry. During her career, Fiona has held positions in private practice; academia; in scientific relations, marketing and management in the dental industry; and as a consultant. She is the American Dental Association (ADA) representative to the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), co-chair of the joint ADA/AAMI Standard being developed on Steam Sterilization for the Dental Setting, and ADA Vice Chair for WG 5.54 - Infection Prevention and Control. Dr. Collins is a member of the ADA and ADS (formerly known as OSAP).

Disclosure: No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Shannon Mills, DDS

Dr. Mills is retired Air Force Dental Officer, dental educator, and dental benefits executive.  He is currently an independent consultant, lecturer, and author and is internationally recognized as an expert in infection prevention and control. He has been a member of ADS (formerly known as OSAP) since 1991 and is a recipient of the ADS James J. Crawford Award for Lifetime Achievement. He represents ADS as a volunteer member of the American National Standards Institute/American Dental Association Standards Committee. He is currently a contract subject matter expert for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Oral Health.

Disclosure: No relevant financial relationships to disclose