Infection Control and Management of Hazardous Materials for the Dental Team

Part 1 The microbial world: the scope of microbiology and infection control; the characteristics of microorganisms; the development of infectious diseases; emerging diseases; oralmicrobiology and plaque-associated diseases. Part 2 Infection control: bloodborne pathogens; oral and respiratory diseases; infection conrol rationale and regulations; immunization; protective barriers; instrument processing; surface and equipment asepsis; dental unit water asepsis; aseptic techniques; laboratory and radiographic asepsis; waste management; a clinical asepsis protocol. Part 3 Office safety: managing the office safety programme; managing chemicals safely in the office; employee fire prevention and emergency plans. Appendices: infection control and hazardous materials management resource list; CDC infection control guidelines for dentistry; CDC guidelines for prevention of TB in dental settings; the Office Safety and Asepsis Procedures (OSAP)Resaerch Foundation; exposire incident report; chemicals used for infection control; ADA infection control recommendations including sterilization methods; the OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard.