2025 ADS Annual Conference: Dental Unit Waterlines (DUWL) Management – Leaping Over the Hurdles (On-Demand)

The session will:

  • Highlight the guidance from the CDC, ADS (formerly known as OSAP), and emerging guidance on maintaining dental water quality and routine monitoring
  • Provide a broad overview of methods available to disinfect and test dental water quality, including DUWL management best practices, including impact of periods of non-use, extended closures.
  • Shine light on the most encountered hurdles to DUWL maintenance and testing, including attitudes, knowledge gaps and practical application in individual, group practice settings and larger institutions
  • Share ways to enhance staff engagement and compliance with DUWL protocols.
  • Provide information on how to overcome hurdles to instituting DUWL maintenance and monitoring protocol.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
  1. Recognize the need for appropriate DUWL maintenance protocol including disinfection and routine monitoring.
  2. Describe different categories of products that are available for DUWL treatment and testing.
  3. Apply the knowledge for understanding and overcoming barriers to instituting a successful DUWL management protocol and engage the dental team in DUWL compliance.

Steps to Complete Course:

  1. Click on On-Demand Recording below and watch the video
  2. Complete the Assessment (requires a passing score of 70%)
  3. Complete the Evaluation 

Instructors

Ramneek Rai, DDS

Dr. Ramneek Rai is the Director of Health and Safety and Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF School of Dentistry. She draws her knowledge and expertise in dental infection prevention from the experience of 10+ years of private practice and providing health and safety oversight for 17 clinics that fall under UCSF Dental Center. Dr. Rai has been active in Academia since 2015, teaching infection prevention, control and safety practices, observing and providing support to dental students and residents. She has been an active member of OSAP since 2018 and has served in the role of Director on the OSAP Association Board since 2021. Currently, she is serving as the Secretary to the OSAP Board.