Infection Control for the Dental Office (Jan 27, 2018)

Infection Control for the Dental Office is organized by University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Dental Medicine and will be held on Jan 27, 2018 at UNLV School of Dental Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 4 Credits..

Course Description :

This course is designed to provide the NSBDE required training for dentists and hygienists. This course has also been approved for 2 hours of continuing education credit by the CDA and complies with the California Code of Regulations 1005 – Minimum Standards for Infection Control.

Infection control guidelines as developed by the CDC will be addressed. Participants will review the scientific evidence about dental infection control issues and current CDC recommendations for minimizing the potential for disease transmission in the dental setting.

Conference Objectives:
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Describe universal and standard precautions
• Identify and describe disease transmission and infectious hazards in the dental setting
• Discuss occupational exposures and prevention, post-exposure management and prophylaxis to bloodborne pathogens
• Establish objectives, goals, and management of an infection control program in the dental setting

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.